Prions and Diseases
Author | : Wen-Quan Zou |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-11-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781461453383 |
ISBN-13 | : 1461453380 |
Rating | : 4/5 (380 Downloads) |
Download or read book Prions and Diseases written by Wen-Quan Zou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.