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Prion Diseases, Hardcover by Prusiner, Stanley B. (EDT), Like New Used, Free .... Prion Diseases, Hardcover by Prusiner, Stanley B. (EDT), ISBN 1621820106, ISBN-13 9781621820109, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This volume contains 37 articles on prion diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and others. Each of the prion proteins is discussed in terms of its underlying protein that becomes a prion, along with the structural changes it undergoes as it is modified during the formation of nascent prions, including discussion of biology and genetics, molecular mechanisms, models for their study, pathophysiology, and therapeutics. Th was originally part of Prion Biology and Diseases, which has been separated into two volumes, one on diseases and the other on biology. Contributors work in biology, neurology, neuroscience, and other fields in North America, Europe, and Japan. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()