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A brown plaque formed in a human brain produced by the virus-like prion that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

11 June 2023

Prion diseases are invariably fatal, but an experimental genetic treatment has dramatically extended the lifespans of infected mice
The surprising upsides of the prions behind horrifying brain diseases

The surprising upsides of the prions behind horrifying brain diseases

10 November 2021

Infectious proteins called prions that turn brains to sponge have been implicated in some horrible diseases, but it turns out that we couldn't survive without them

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