Judah Loew ben Bezalel of Prague
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Judah Loew ben Bezalel of Prague ( Der Hohe Rabbi Loew, known as Maharal mi-Prag, c.1529–1609). Jewish leader and legal expert. Judah Loew served as
Chief Rabbi in Posen and Prague. He was the outstanding leader of his day, renowned for his piety, who produced highly influential works on ethics, philosophy, and homiletics. He was an early advocate of the view that ‘the state’ is an unnatural compromise, which will wither away when the true conditions of human freedom are realized. He regarded Israel's vocation to be the proleptic representation of the harmony which will, eventually, be the world's final condition. There has been a revival of interest in his work in the 20th cent., but the well-known legend that he was creator of the Prague
golem is unfounded.
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Prions and prion diseases: current perspectives.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...understand the etiologic agent of prion diseases and their basic transmission mechanism. Prions and Prion Diseases: Current Perspectives...biochemical and molecular features of prions and the normal prion protein, various laboratory...
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Prions Beget Prions?(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert; 10/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...existence of 1 type of prion could enhance the...other types of prions. Derkatch et al...the [PSI(+)] prion. In this study...the presence of prions formed by Rnq1...the appearance of prions is enhanced by heterologous prion aggregates. Since...
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Prions: Invaders or defenders?(research into the protein that plays key role in trasmission of such diseases as Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 6/26/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...protein called a prion. Unlike bacteria or viruses, prions are able to transmit...of an infectious prion. However, the...that infectious prions could cross the...present in all known prions - a good candidate for the prion's raison d...
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RESEARCH: PRIONS CAN CREATE NEW PRIONS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 7/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...quick to point out that prions are not necessarily bad...said in the case of one prion, all it does is interfere...other proteins in their prion confirmation allow the...spontaneous appearance of other prions at a higher rate...are aware of only one prion in humans. Liebman says...
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Prions survive sewage plant; Experts say they see little risk to human health
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/14/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...disease also can shed prions in their urine...another potential prion source. In 2006...improperly deactivated prions were released into...that the lab's prion management protocols...low prevalence of prion diseases and the low probability of prions surviving to enter...
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Prions: The New Biology of Proteins.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...patients. Whether prions are infectious proteins...act alone to cause prion diseases remains...United Kingdom. Prions: The New Biology...enigmatic world of prion diseases. The book...characteristic features of prions, including the historical evolution of the prion hypothesis, a ...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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PRIONS CAN SURVIVE SEWAGE TREATMENT UW-MADISON STUDY SHOWED MAD COW PROTEINS ARE NOT DEGRADED IN TREATMENT.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 7/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...incineration out of fear of prions leaching through the...disease also can shed prions in their urine, feces...effluent was clean and prion-free. Biosolids...low prevalence of prion diseases and the low probability of prions surviving to enter...
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'Promiscuous Prion' Yields Clues To Transmission Across Species Barrier.
Newspaper article from: Genomics & Genetics Weekly; 3/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...proteins, called prions, researchers have produced a hybrid prion that can adopt...In mammalian prions, it was known that the same prion protein, even...different yeast prion strains has important...understanding mammalian prions. "We cannot take...
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PRIONS FOUND IN FECES OF DEER ASYMPTOMATIC FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...concentrations of prions in these feces would...cause the disease. "Prion levels in feces samples...the infectivity of prions, possibly by slowing...that prolonged fecal prion excretion by infected...that deer or elk prions cannot be transmitted to humans." The prion is an ...
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Prion Diseases--An Evidence-based Protocol for Infection Control.
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...be taken to protect health care personnel? PRIONS Prion diseases are caused by a unique class of pathogens...acquired diseases, commonly referred to as prion diseases. ANIMAL PRION DISEASES Prions are responsible for at least six diseases in...
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Prions
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Prions Prions are proteins that are infectious. Indeed, the name prion is derived from “...the altered and infectious prion with the unaltered and still-normally functioning prions. The altered proteins also...
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Prion Diseases
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
...infectious agents in prion diseases are prions, or proteinaceous...ones upon contact. Prions are distinct from...There are multiple prion diseases, including...of the ability of prions to cross many species...organisms that carry prion diseases are potential...
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Prion
Book article from: Genetics
Prion In 1997 Stanley Prusiner was awarded the Nobel Prize in...theory about the mechanisms of infection. His theory, the "prion hypothesis," concerns an unusual protein, the prion, which occurs in the complete absence of DNA and RNA...
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prion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...proteins. In the brain, abnormal prions appear to increase their number by directly converting normal prions. Prion diseases have both infectious and...components. The gene that codes for prions can mutate and be passed on to the...
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prions
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...protein becomes an aberrant prion, e.g. PrP (Scrapie...mutate; a person's natural prion protein can spontaneously mutate...the award was premature. Prions, they observed, had never...Nobel Prize was announced, the prion scarcely merited a mention in...
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