which trigger abnormal protein folding throughout the body, especially in the central nervous system. Those proteins then clump up in the brain and cause brain damage. Prion diseases, which include ...

“After the ninth epidemic of mad cow disease, everyone was already eating insects ... a similar glow-up might be possible for other edible arthropods: insects. Insect protein has been touted as the ...

The treatment, which uses base editing to make a single-letter change in DNA, reduced levels of the disease-causing prion protein in the brain by as much as 60 percent. The work demonstrates that ...

Speaking of the pilot, Prof Allen added: “Having data on protein levels gives us a much more complete picture of how genes, lifestyle, exposure to environment cause disease through changes in ...

They found that while anchoring stabilizes prion proteins, pre-formed aggregates can still induce clumping, suggesting a mechanism relevant to infectious prion diseases. These findings provide ...