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D. Carleton Gajdusek

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  173
Citations -  9753

D. Carleton Gajdusek is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kuru & Virus. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 173 publications receiving 9622 citations. Previous affiliations of D. Carleton Gajdusek include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Case Western Reserve University.

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HTLV-III infection in brains of children and adults with AIDS encephalopathy

TL;DR: Brains from 15 individuals with AIDS and encephalopathy were examined by Southern analysis and in situ hybridization for the presence of human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) virus type III (HTLV-III), the virus believed to be the causative agent of AIDS.
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Infection of chimpanzees by human T-lymphotropic retroviruses in brain and other tissues from AIDS patients.

TL;DR: Findings confirm the active and persistent virus infection of chimpanzees with retroviruses derived from AIDS patients and establish the presence of viruses in the plasma and brain of AIDS patients by direct transmission of their virus to chimpanzees.
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Different patterns of truncated prion protein fragments correlate with distinct phenotypes in P102L Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease.

TL;DR: Immunoblot analysis of brain homogenates from GSS P102L patients showed two major protease-resistant PrP fragments (PrP-res) with molecular masses of approximately 21 and 8 kDa, respectively, which indicate that the neuropathology of prion diseases largely depends on the type of Prp-res fragment that forms in vivo.