In April 2025, three people in Oregon developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurological condition that is ...

A fter silently lurking for almost 50 years, a prion disease erupted in the brain of a woman in the US, triggering a rapid ...

Production of abnormally shaped proteins in the brain causes incurable brain diseases such as prion diseases. Normal cellular prion protein is made by most cells in our body, including brain cells, ...

Future work should also focus on understanding the contribution of alternative protein folding in other diseases and in normal cellular functioning. In this article, I review recent data ...

Figure 1: FACS analysis of spleen cells from BM-grafted uninfected mice, stained with PrP-specific antibody (open histograms) or unstained (shaded histograms). Figure 2: Confocal analysis of ...

For athletes and active adults who don’t eat animal products, getting adequate protein from diet alone can be challenging. A vegan protein powder may help. Our dietitians vetted more than a ...

While we've all heard that consuming protein after a workout helps, a new study wondered if your intake throughout the day matters too. To get the lowdown on the best time to eat protein ...

In addition to reducing your overall calorie intake, increasing the amount of protein you consume may help you lose weight. Protein powders are a convenient way to add more protein to your diet ...

Novartis has accelerated its efforts to develop protein degrader therapies by licensing a prostate cancer candidate from Arvinas on the brink of starting phase 3 trials in a deal worth over $1 ...

May 28, 2025 — Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with ... Researchers Engineer a ...