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\nOne of the important early discoveries about how prion disease progresses came from Dr. David Westaway. <\/b>\n<\/p>\n

\nHe\u2019s director of the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases<\/b> at the University of Alberta.\n<\/p>\n

\nDr. Westaway was trying to figure out what makes a good prion protein in the brain transform into a bad prion<\/b> \u2013 the cause of Mad Cow or Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat he discovered was a cousin of the prion protein and he called it \u201cshadoo\u201d.\n <\/p>\n

\nDR DAVID WESTAWAY: <\/b> When we looked at animals that had prion infection, we found out something quite unexpected. That this other cousin molecule disappears. and it seemed to be something quite specific to prion disease. And that peaked our curiosity. So we wondered, well maybe something similar is going on with the famous well known,precursor prion protein that we’ve known about for years. We basically thought it wasn’t doing anything, sort of unchanging. Well, that’s not the case. In fact, it changes dynamically as the prion disease progresses.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\nSince the discovery of shadoo, new research by Dr. Westaway\u2019s lab indicates the body\u2019s immune system works very hard to rid itself of prion disease.\n<\/p>\n


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As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.<\/p>\n

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.<\/p>\n

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Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.<\/p>\n

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