Comments on: Clumps of rogue Parkinson’s proteins spread to new neurons and seed more clumps http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/05/clumps-of-rogue-parkinsons-proteins-spread-to-new-neurons-and-seed-more-clumps/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: shivangi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/05/clumps-of-rogue-parkinsons-proteins-spread-to-new-neurons-and-seed-more-clumps/#comment-13317 shivangi Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:29:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5505#comment-13317 i would like to know whether it is safe to work with patient samples of Parkinsons Disease since the reports of their harboring prions... i would like to know whether it is safe to work with patient samples of Parkinsons Disease since the reports of their harboring prions…

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/05/clumps-of-rogue-parkinsons-proteins-spread-to-new-neurons-and-seed-more-clumps/#comment-13316 Mark Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:15:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5505#comment-13316 The doi link fails for me. You can find the summary here: http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273%2811%2900844-0 The doi link fails for me.

You can find the summary here:
http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273%2811%2900844-0

]]> By: Tim Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/10/05/clumps-of-rogue-parkinsons-proteins-spread-to-new-neurons-and-seed-more-clumps/#comment-13315 Tim Martin Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:32:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5505#comment-13315 I know this is a tangent, but does anyone have info on how prions cause other proteins to misfold? Do we know the answer yet? Also, do prions cause proteins that have already folded into their correct shape to RE-fold into the wrong one, or do they cause newly made proteins to fold incorrectly from the start? I know this is a tangent, but does anyone have info on how prions cause other proteins to misfold? Do we know the answer yet? Also, do prions cause proteins that have already folded into their correct shape to RE-fold into the wrong one, or do they cause newly made proteins to fold incorrectly from the start?

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