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December 05, 2006
Revamp of brain 'could slow CJD'
BBC News Online, December 4, 2006
Tests in mice with scrapie—a disease similar to CJD in humans and BSE in cattle—showed the life-extending treatment works. The method used by the German team involves molecules called special RNAs (siRNAs), Journal of Clinical Investigation reports. These shut down the production of proteins that go awry in prion disease. Qingzhong Kong, an expert in prion diseases at the Case Western Reserve University in the United States, said: "Much more research is needed before RNA interference can be harnessed to treat prion disease." Read article.