prion: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Prion Diseases. Aug 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Prion Diseases. Aug 28, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Open Biology - A systematic investigation of production of synthetic prions from recombinant prion protein. Jan 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Prion Disease. Jun 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Prion Protein Disease and Neuropathology of Prion Disease (PDF). Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Prions. Jan 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources - What are Prions? Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology Libretexts - Prions. Aug 09, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Utah - Learn Genetics - Prions. Jun 30, 2023
Add new Web site: PNAS - Prions. May 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - What is Prion Disease? Nov 28, 2022
Add new Web site: MedlinePlus - Prion disease. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Prions. Feb 19, 2019
Added mention of protein misfolding in the context of molecular mechanisms that underlie Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. Oct 17, 2017
Add new Web site: Medscape - Prion Disease. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Michigon Department of Natural Resources - Prion Disease. Aug 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Oregon Health and Science University - Prion Disease. Aug 19, 2013
Added new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Prion Diseases. Jun 03, 2008
Added new Web site: The University of Queensland - Prions. Jun 03, 2008
Added new Web site: MedlinePlus - Prion disease. Jun 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Bio-Medicine - Prion. Jun 03, 2008
Added new Web site: World Health Organisation - Prion Diseases. Jun 03, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Prion. Jun 01, 2008
Added new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Prions. Nov 03, 2006
Added new Web site: Virology Course at Tulane University - Prion Diseases. Jun 23, 2006
Article revised. Aug 23, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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