Abnormally folded prion protein scrapie was detected in tear fluid obtained from 16 of 19 patients with symptomatic or asymptomatic prion disease by means of RT-QuIC testing.

Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. ... Lars Austbø investigated the activity of the gene for prion protein ...

Scrapie is a neurodegenerative disease that has been known for centuries and which affects sheep and goats. Similar to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease, scrapie is caused ...

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Scrapie is a slowly developing disease of the nervous system. Experiments on the effects of ultra-violet irradiation of suspensions of infected mouse brain extracts confirm that the agent ...

Scrapie from sheep could infect humans with 'mad cow disease', study finds. Tests find a link between the infectious agent behind scrapie with fatal human brain disease, sporadic CJD, which caused ...

In the tests, the animals had scrapie prions injected straight into their brains. The authors point out that prion infection via non-direct routes, such as eating contaminated tissue, can have an ...

Viruses, not prions, may be at the root of diseases such as scrapie, BSE and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), researchers say. If true, the new theory could revolutionise our ...

HELENA - The state's first confirmed case of scrapie was found in a 3 1/2-year-old ram on a small farm in southwestern Montana, state Veterinarian Arnold Gertonson said Monday. "Transmittal of the ...

Moreover, he added that the studies regarding scrapie and milk are using “more sensitive” testing procedures than the previous ones involving classic BSE and cow’s milk.

A dead sheep infected with scrapie -- a degenerative disease of the nervous system similar to mad cow disease -- has been found in western Japan, an official said on Thursday.