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Researchers find new potential treatment for prion diseases

from Oxford University Press via Medical Xpress

Researchers find new potential treatment for prion diseases Oxford University Press via Medical Xpress A new study in Nucleic Acids Research, published by Oxford University Press, suggests a possible effective treatment strategy for patients suffering from prion disease. Researchers here showed that reducing levels of prion protein can triple the survival of prion-infected animals. Even reducing prion protein levels by a small amount, which should be easier to achieve clinically, resulted in significant survival benefits. READ MORE

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