When variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, AKA mad cow disease, first emerged, researchers noticed a weird trend in exactly who got sick. Mot patients were diagnosed in their twenties, which would mean they got infected in their teens....

Biomedical researcher Sonia Vallabh's life was turned upside down when she learned she had the genetic mutation for a rare and fatal illness, prion disease, that could strike at any time. Thirteen years later, her search for a cure has...

You Can "Catch" Alzheimer's Disease

Hank is tired of zombies in popular culture, and while acknowledging that dead people are scary (especially if they start moving around), he brings us some information on prions - misfolded proteins that are responsible for destroying...

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In this video, I discuss the mechanism of development and propagation of Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).<br/>

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative prion disease in which affected individuals suffer destruction of neurons in the basal nuclei (e.g., GABAergic neurons) and rapid, involuntary movements as a result. In this video, I will...

In this video, I discuss the mechanism of transmission and development of Kuru, a prion disease derived from cannibalism of brains infected by either Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (cCJD) or others with Kuru.<br/>

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative prion disease in which affected individuals suffer destruction of cortical neurons due to accumulation of prions of both beta-amyloid and Tau type. In this video, I will explain the acquisition...

In this video, we explore Huntington’s disease: the pathogenesis, the signs and symptoms, and the mechanism as it relates to the basal nuclei in great detail.

Prions | The General Mechanism of Prion Formation and Disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the abnormal folding of proteins, known as prions. I made an animated overview of the Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology & management. All...

In this video, I discuss the mechanism of propagation and development of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of Mad Cow Disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) which is conferred from infected cows.<br/>