Sentences with phrase «as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies»
Scientists first discovered prions in the 1980s as the agents behind fatal brain disorders known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
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The disease is part of a group known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which includes mad cow and a few other rare diseases.
CJD may also be referred to as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, vCJD, and Jacob - Creutzfeldt disease.
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He has written extensively about nuclear history as well as many other topics in the history of science, including a 1997 book, Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague, on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of humans and animals and are transmitted by prions.