Transmission of amyloid-β protein pathology from cadaveric pituitary growth hormone
John Collinge from MRC Prion Unit at UCL, UCL Institute of Prion Diseases, London, UK and his colleagues previously reported the presence of amyloid-β protein (Aβ) deposits in individuals with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) who had been treated during childhood with human cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone (c-hGH) contaminated with prions.
Date：2018-12-28
