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bananabenana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Prion vaccines would work for sure. Their rarity makes it not all that worthwhile as a public health measure

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SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
How do you vaccinate against a protein?

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- Instigate@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  Prion diseases are fatal infectious neurodegenerative disorders and prototypic conformational diseases, caused by the conformational conversion of the normal cellular prion protein (PrPC) into the pathological PrPSc isoform.
  
  The immune system does not develop a bona fide immune response against prion infection, as PrPC and PrPSc share an identical protein primary structure, and prions seem not to represent a trigger for immune responses. This asks for alternative vaccine strategies, which focus on PrPC-directed self-antibodies or exposure of disease-specific structures and epitopes. Several groups have established a proof-of-concept that such vaccine candidates can induce some levels of protective immunity in cervid and rodent models without inducing unwanted side effects. This review will highlight the most recent developments and discuss progress and challenges remaining.
  
  Have a read through the full article and sources below and you can take a look at some novel approaches being evaluated at the moment:
  
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9918406
  
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  - jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’m so excited to finally be able to safely consume the brains of my enemies!
    
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