Rare Brain Disease Is Caused by Cousin of Mad Cow Agent

Rare Brain Disease Is Caused by Cousin of Mad Cow Agent

~!~ Researchers in a recent study claimed they have found the main reason that is behind a mysterious and fatal brain disease // As per researchers tiny infectious proteins called prions are the one responsible for the fatal disease // (ukcanadaus) 

 ~!~ Called Multiple System Atrophy, the disease is rare but devastating, and affects three out of every 100,000 people over the age of 50 // Researchers said they have found that the disease is likely caused by tiny infectious proteins called prions // (ukcanadaus) 
~!~ As per researchers, Prions are proteins that are folded abnormally and cause other proteins to similarly fold, which can have devastating consequences // (ukcanadaus) 

~!~ Research team led by Dr // Stanley Prusiner, director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California San Francisco, examined the brains of 14 subjects who had been diagnosed with MSA // (ukcanadaus) 

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