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I write this to whoever set up this wikipedia page on prions and whoever has been making comments about my appearance on it. I am astounded that people...

monitor this Wiki page to add this in: The newly described addition to the prion disease canon, Shy-Drager syndrome (SDS) or multiple system atrophy (MSA)...

true pronunciation." --Dpryan (talk) 00:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Talk:Prion/Archive 2/GA1 SO many of you guys are so terrified of hard vowels! Given that...

-- Sayeth 22:38, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC) There has been some speculation that prion diseases are exacerbated by a faulty PrP gene. However, this is very, very...

against and for the prion hypothesis. The fact that cannibalism of infected cattle is the main mode of transmission smacks of other prion diseases, particularly...

are caused by a type of rogue protein complex that biologists call prions. Prions work in a similar manner as enzymes except their catalitic action is...

also known as prion diseases" - prion diseases are a subset of TSEs, but even this page mentions the existence of TSEs that are not prion diseases. This...

Unfortunately most others are entirely unwilling given their investment in prion theory. Prions are probably still of significance, but their role is not clear....

verification that the gelatin in Gummi Bears contain prions, or that gelatin in general may contain prions? Just wondering. Ecophreek 05:14, 18 April 2006...

to DC to work with Magyar. Prion contacted Davenport that summer, and Davenport drove to New Jersey with his roomate. Prion was impressed, and the scene...

But it is an excellent article. I know a lot about prions and have gone a bit mad editing all the prion pages but I haven't touuched kuru because there's...

Surely a prion would be considered a biological agent as it is a self replicating, infectious, transmissible agent? There is no mention of them in this...

urgent research. In fact, prion sterilization of biosolids at scale would be a significant scientific achievement. Prions in the environment - Occurrence...

or prion. I really like this idea! It would certainly reduce the bulkiness of the section. RiesHunter (talk) 02:58, 14 September 2021 (UTC) Archive created...

distinct. CJD is inherited, and vCJD is CJD from consuming beef. Kuru is a prion disease due to cannibalism, although its persistence is unexplained. Okay...

that the change in calcium signaling produced prion proteins, it was thought that the production of prion proteins changed calcium levels and Inositol...

three classes of microbes, which include prions and viruses, the prokaryotic forms and the eukaryotic forms. Prions and viruses are acellular, meaning that...

reading and have re-added a prion section, all new writing. While the argument for prions as epigenetic in the context of prion diseases seems a bit weak...

form four natural groups, the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions and the shearwaters." What a baffling array of terms to throw into an opening...

contracted by eating the prion. Furthermore, according to the same letter, written by a prion expert (Brian Appleby), "While prion diseases have been identified...