title: [History of 50 years of prion disease research].
abstract: The history of the research of the prion disease is consolidated in 50 years after the Japanese neurology association starts. It was proven that it was an infectious disease from kuru that was a local disease of New Guinea, explained how CJD, the scariest disease for a neurologist, had come to be called a prion disease, and even a newly emerging prion disease referred in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prion Protein Research, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research on Human Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Tetsuyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D002417:Cattle; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000266:history; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D018622:PrP 27-30 Protein / Q000266:history; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000266:history*; D011328:Prions / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D011328:Prions; D018622:PrP 27-30 Protein