Coysh, Thomas
Jaunmuktane, Zane
Hosszu, Laszlo L. P.
Majbour, Nour
Zhang, Fuquan
Campbell, Tracy
Darwent, Lee
Matus, Marcelo Barria
Chan, Edgar
Holm-Mercer, Leah
Mok, Tze How
Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F.
Bieschke, Jan
Nithi, Kannan
Brandner, Sebastian
Smith, Colin
Esiri, Margaret
Collinge, John
Mead, Simon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council
Alzheimer’s Research UK
UCLH Biomedical Research Centre
National Institute for Health and Care Research
Association of British Neurologists
Article History
Received: 28 November 2024
Revised: 3 March 2025
Accepted: 8 March 2025
First Online: 29 March 2025
Declarations
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: J.C. is a Director and J.C. and J.D.F.W. are shareholders of D-Gen Limited, an academic spin-out company working in the field of prion disease diagnosis, decontamination and therapeutics. All other authors report no potential competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (Ref: 05/MRE/0063)). Human tissues were stored and analysed in accordance with UK legislation and the Human Tissue Authority licence held by UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Post-mortem samples of brain were sent from Oxford University Brain Bank and Edinburgh University National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit to UCL for analysis.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study, and specific informed consent for publication of this study was obtained from all living participants and from the next of kin of the deceased participant.