Protein
Prion
Kuru
Cures
Prion Infections and Conditions
100

What are proteins made of

What is Amino Acids?

100

What is a prion

What is Misfolded protein?

100

What is kuru also called

What is laughing sickness or death?

100

Are there any effective cures for prions

What is there is no cure?

100

Who officially first discovered Prions

Who is Stanley Prusiner?

200

What can denature or misfold protein

What is ph, environmental stress or genetics?

200

What is the mortality rate of a prion infection

What is 100%

200

What group was impacted the most by kuru

What is Fore women and children?

200

What process was used to turn off PrP production before the advent of CRISPR

Domain Exchange

200

What infection causes insomnia that leads to death

What is Fatal Familial Insomnia(FFI)

300

Proteins are good at storage T/F

What is False?

300

What type of prion causes the most problems for mammals if they ever become a prion

What is PrP?

300

What causes kuru

Cannibalism

300

What is the drug that had the most promising results but failed after the prions developed immunity

What is Quinaqurin?

300

The human strand of Mad Cow Disease

What is vCJD?

400

At what stage does proteins take 3D form

What is Tertiary?

400

Why do prions solely affect the nervous system

What is because of primary location in the nervous system?

400

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for their research in Kuru

Who is Dr. Daniel Gajdvsek?

400

Why are prions so hard to cure in the first place

What is Because how can you kill a protein?

400

Prion infection that causes loss of coordination

What is Kuru?

500

What protein, if defected, causes sickle cell

What is Hemoglobin?

500

What does TSE stand for

What is Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies?

500

What area of the brain is most affected by Kuru

What is the cerebellum

500

What is the most promising cure for prions in development

What is CHARM?(Coupled Histone tail for Autoinhibition Release of Methyltransferase)

500

What prion infection mainly affects sheeps

What is Scrapies?

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