Prions and Diseases
Volume 2, Animals, Humans and the Environment
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Medical Science, Physiology, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Neuroscience, Science & Nature, Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781461453383 | |
| Publisher: | Springer New York | Publication: | November 8, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781461453383 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York |
| Publication: | November 8, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
Volume II features a variety of animal and human prion diseases, including the newly-identified atypical forms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie in animals, and variably protease-sensitive prionopathy in humans, prions in the environment, Tau pathology in human prion disease, transmission of the disease by blood transfusion, mammalian and non-mammalian models, conventional and advanced diagnoses, prion-specific antibodies, as well as decontamination of prions and development of therapeutics of prion diseases, such as the application of immunomodulation. This volume provides up-to-date knowledge about the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, histopathological, and clinical aspects of the highly publicized animal and human prion diseases.
Volume II features a variety of animal and human prion diseases, including the newly-identified atypical forms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie in animals, and variably protease-sensitive prionopathy in humans, prions in the environment, Tau pathology in human prion disease, transmission of the disease by blood transfusion, mammalian and non-mammalian models, conventional and advanced diagnoses, prion-specific antibodies, as well as decontamination of prions and development of therapeutics of prion diseases, such as the application of immunomodulation. This volume provides up-to-date knowledge about the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, histopathological, and clinical aspects of the highly publicized animal and human prion diseases.
