Sentence examples for urinary prion from inspiring English sources

Sixty days later, the urinary prion reappeared in increasing amounts.

Dr. Gabizon called that enzyme-resistant protein a urinary prion and said it was new.

For one week, the hamsters excreted the urinary prion, then stopped.

The urinary prion seems to be an excellent marker for the progression of prion diseases, Dr. Gabizon said.

The urinary prion may shed light on an unsolved mystery regarding how prion diseases spread among deer, elk and other wild animals.

Dr. Gabizon said this suggested that as the infection built up in the body and brain, the amount of urinary prion increased.

Because many laboratories are now running Dr. Gabizon's experiment, the verdict on urinary prions may be known in a month or two.

If other laboratories confirm the usefulness of urinary prions, the testing process could be automated for screening purposes, Dr. Gabizon said.

Within urinary impurities, major prion protein (Swissprot accession number P04156) was identified in several 2D gels as a series of spots in the mass range 21 25 kDa for u-hCG-manufacturer A and at about 29 kDa for u-hCG-manufacturer B. The isoelectric point (pI) ranged from four to five for both samples.

The presence of protease-sensitive prion protein in urinary-derived injectable fertility products containing hCG, hMG, and hMG-HP suggests that prions may co-purify in these products.

Among the urinary preparations, hMG-HP showed the presence of prion protein but the level was not quantifiable (data not shown).