"disease" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Prion diseases are very rare, and no treatment is available for most of them.
- He believes that prion disease is caused by a virus.
- However, some general characteristics of prion diseases are listed below.
- Prion diseases have been found in 85 species, passing easily between some animals and not others.
- In some cases, the etiology of prion diseases is known.
- But in animals and people with prion diseases, one protein could not be broken down.
- The most well-known prion disease to date was one that crossed between species.
- There is currently no treatment for prion diseases, which are usually fatal to the host.
- Since then 135 people, mostly from Britain, have died from the new prion disease.
- The practice has been linked to the spread of a prion disease called kuru.
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