UTHealth researchers find infectious prion protein in urine of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The misfolded and infectious prion protein that is a marker for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- linked to the consumption of infected cattle meat -- has been detected in the urine of patients with the disease by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news