Prionet Canada: A Network of Centres of Excellence for Research on Prion Diseases-Ongoing and Future Research Directions

It is PrioNet's vision to build a network that shapes and sustains prion research in Canada, translating basic science into accessible socioeconomic benefits for global betterment. PrioNet's research is developing surveillance measures, diagnostic tools, vaccines, and potential therapies a...

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Published in:Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A Part A, 2011-01, Vol.74 (2-4), p.73-87
Main Authors: Wong, Michelle, Toth, Janie, Haney, Sandra, Krewski, Daniel, Leighton, Frederick A., Ricketts, Maura, Westaway, David, Cashman, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biomedical Research - education
Biomedical Research - manpower
Biomedical Research - organization & administration
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Canada - epidemiology
Cattle
Construction
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - diagnosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - transmission
Diseases
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform - diagnosis
Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform - prevention & control
Focusing
Humans
International Cooperation
Networks
Population Surveillance
Prion Diseases - diagnosis
Prion Diseases - epidemiology
Prion Diseases - transmission
Prions
Prions - pathogenicity
Prions - physiology
R&D
Research & development
Risk management
Strategy
Wasting Disease, Chronic - diagnosis
Wasting Disease, Chronic - prevention & control
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Summary:It is PrioNet's vision to build a network that shapes and sustains prion research in Canada, translating basic science into accessible socioeconomic benefits for global betterment. PrioNet's research is developing surveillance measures, diagnostic tools, vaccines, and potential therapies and determining the various impacts of prion diseases on people. PrioNet seeks to integrate scientifically informed risk management strategies and to use this knowledge to address ongoing problems posed by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the gathering crisis of chronic wasting disease (CWD), emerging issues of human prion disease, and basic scientific understanding of the nature of prions. PrioNet is strategically responding to prion threats by focusing its network of highly accomplished researchers and trainees to implement integrated risk management strategies that could not be supported by other mechanisms.
ISSN:1528-7394
1087-2620
2381-3504
DOI:10.1080/15287394.2011.529056