{"id":173285,"date":"2024-11-12T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/a-twisted-protein-sheds-light-on-chronic-wasting-disease-in-deer\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:03:31","slug":"a-twisted-protein-sheds-light-on-chronic-wasting-disease-in-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/12\/a-twisted-protein-sheds-light-on-chronic-wasting-disease-in-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first detailed structure of an infectious prion that causes chronic wasting disease, or CWD, reveals features that could help guide vaccine development<\/a> or explain why the illness hasn\u2019t yet made the leap to people, researchers report October 24 in Acta Neuropathologica<\/em>. One such feature is a 180-degree twist between two sections of the prion. In versions engineered to infect rodents in order to study the disease, that twist doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n