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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1389-5575
ISSN (Online): 1875-5607

Therapeutics and Prion Disease: Can Immunisation or Drugs be Effective?

Author(s): J. Sassoon, M. Sadowski, T. Wisniewski and D. R. Brown

Volume 5, Issue 4, 2005

Page: [361 - 366] Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/1389557053544065

Price: $65

Abstract

Prion diseases are of considerable importance because of the threat of a variant form of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease that has emerged in recent years. Pre-clinical diagnosis of prion diseases still remains poor and effective therapies also do not exist at present. This review examines research on possible therapeutic strategies that might have potential benefits if applied before neurodegeneration has occurred.

Keywords: antioxidants, immunisation, prion disease, therapeutics, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (tse)


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