Prionet Canada: a network of centres of excellence for research into prions and prion diseases.
PrioNet Canada's strength in basic, applied, and social research is helping to solve the food, health safety, and socioeconomic problems associated with prion diseases. Prion diseases are transmissible, fatal neurodegenerative diseases of humans and animals. Examples of prion diseases include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as "mad cow" disease), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk. As of March 31, 2008, PrioNet's interdisciplinary network included 62 scientific members, 5 international collaborators, and more than 150 students and young professionals working in partnership with 25 different government, nongovernment, and industry partners. PrioNet's activities are developing strategies based on a sustained, rational approach that will mitigate, and ultimately control, prion diseases in Canada.
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Michelle
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PrioNet Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Toth
Janie
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Haney
Sandra
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Tyshenko
Michael G
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Darshan
Shalu
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Krewski
Daniel
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Leighton
Frederick A
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Westaway
David
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Moore
Stephen S
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Ricketts
Maura
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Cashman
Neil
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