New Type of Prion May Cause And/Or Transmit Rare But Fatal Brain Disorder

According to two new research papers led by University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) scientists, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with similarities to Parkinson’s disease, is caused by a newly discovered type of prion, a variant of the misfolded proteins associated with incurable progressive brain diseases…