Amyloid, prions, and other protein aggregates
This volume includes a core of methodologies to attack the unique experimental problems presented by protein misassembly. Emphasis is on human biology applications, the area in which there is the most interest, in which most of the work has already been done, and in which there …
"Prions: The New Biology of Proteins provides a well-organized overview of what is presently known about prion-related diseases. This comprehensive work reviews the clinical symptoms, epidemiology, and neuropathology of the disease. It focuses on evidence supporting the idea tha…
A series of remarkable discoveries in the past three decades have led to the molecular and genetic characterization of the transmissible pathogen causing scrapie in animals and a quartet of human illnesses: kuru, Jakob-Creutzfeld disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, …
Prions in Humans and Animals
Biographical note: Beat Hörnlimann, SVISS Consulting, Steinhausen, Switzerland; Detlev Riesner, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hans Kretzschmar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany.
Prions in Humans and Animals
by Hörnlimann, Beat, Kretzschmar, Hans A., Riesner, Detlev
This comprehensive work covers all aspects of prion diseases (such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, kuru, mad cow disease (BSE), chronic wasting disease and scrapie), from their history, microbiology and pathology to their transmissibility and prevention. It includes chapters by, a…