Prions
Subtitle: current progress in advanced research
By: edited by Akikazu Sakudo, Laboratory of Biometabolic Chemistry, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan,  and Takashi Onodera, Research Center for Food Safety, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Norfolk, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781908230249
Subjects: Prions; Prion diseases
Description: Prions are infectious, self-propagating proteinaceous agents that cause fatal neurodegenerative diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans, scrapie in sheep and goats, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle. In recent years great strides have been made in our understanding of the mechanism of prion propagations and neurotoxicity, however much remains to be discovered. In this book, renowned prion experts review the most recent advances to provide an overview of the field.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.