God of archery, music, poetry, prophecy, medicine, and later on the god of the sun. (Ah-paulâ-oh) Distinguishing Features: Youâve got to dig the shades. Apollo likes to look hot, and I donât mean temperature.
CJD, as well as other spongiform encephalopathies, is caused by an unusual pathogenic agent called a prion. A prion is a deviant form of a normally harmless protein found in the brains of mammals and birds.
This has raised serious concerns that BSE may have spread to humans, putatively by dietary exposure. Here we report the interim results of transmissions of sporadic CJD and vCJD to mice. Our data provide strong evidence that the same agent strain is involved in both BSE and vCJD.