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An interesting video about human prion diseases that, among other things, discusses epidemiology ("1 in 7000 is, actually, a lifetime risk" [in the U.S.]): "C
by arkush 5y ago
An interesting video about human prion diseases that, among other things,
discusses epidemiology ("1 in 7000 is, actually, a lifetime risk" [in the U.S.]):
"Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Prion Diseases - Brian Appleby, M.D."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vyuby6gibs&t=328s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vyuby6gibs&t=328s
Also, some links from my older comment to "Oregon has legalized human composting" article:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27555105 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27555105
"Grass plants bind, retain, uptake and transport infectious prions"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449294/
"Texas CWD Symposium: Pre-symptomatic prion detection"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZX8sHAPUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZX8sHAPUw
Also, a good article about potential medication for CJD:
"The rise and fall of pentosan polysulfate in prion disease" (Dec 13, 2012)
https://www.cureffi.org/2012/12/13/the-rise-and-fall-of-pentosan-polysulfate-in-prion-disease/ https://www.cureffi.org/2012/12/13/the-rise-and-fall-of-pent...
- arkush 5y agoAlso, somewhat old (2010) but interesting video about vCJD in the UK by Prof. James Ironside: "Prof. James Ironside - Prions: The serial killers that attack the brain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlIYGYA5q0s?t=2486s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlIYGYA5q0s?t=2486s At 41:26: "...and we looked at thousands of appendices... and we looked at thousands of them [appendices] and of these 12,500 we find that 3 were positive... subsequent studies on tonsils come out with broadly similar figures so our best guess is that that currently [2010] there may be 1 in 10,000 or around 4 in 10,000 are infected with Variant CJD in the UK..." --- Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD), commonly referred to as "mad cow disease"... It is caused by prions, which are misfolded proteins. Spread is believed to be primarily due to eating bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-infected beef. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCJD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCJD