where are prions found in the human body
Prion In humans, prions have been hypothesized as the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) and its variant (vCJD), Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome, “fatal familial insomnia”, and kuru.[2] All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue; all are progressive, have no known effective treatment, and are always fatal.[6] Multiple system atrophy (MSA), a rare human neurodegenerative disease, features a misfolded version of a protein called alpha-synuclein, and is therefore also classifiable as a prion disease.[7] Several yeast proteins have also been identified as having prionogenic properties.[8][9]