Prions Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Prions, including details on mad cow disease, scrapie, cjd.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 2 (February)

1. Mouse-adapted scrapie infection of SN56 cells: greater efficiency with microsome-associated versus purified PrP-res.
   J Virol, 80(5): 2106-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The human prion gene M129V polymorphism is not associated with idiopathic Parkinson's disease in three distinct populations.
   Neurosci Lett, 395(3): 227-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Distinct glycoform ratios of protease resistant prion protein associated with PRNP point mutations.
   Brain, 129: 676-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. vCJD prion acquires altered virulence through trans-species infection.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 342(1): 293-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prions in skeletal muscles of deer with chronic wasting disease.
   Science, 311(5764): 1117. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Octapeptide repeat insertions increase the rate of protease-resistant prion protein formation.
   Protein Sci, 15(3): 609-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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