#45 IdeaBreak: Covid and Prion's Disease?

In this IdeaBreak, I show from a couple of studies that there might be a relationship to Covid-19 and Prion's Disease. HOWEVER, more research ALWAYS needs to be done to fully develop a conclusion.

References:

Idrees, D., & Kumar, V. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interactions with amyloidogenic proteins: Potential clues to neurodegeneration. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 554,

Tetz, G.; Tetz, V. SARS-CoV-2 Prion-Like Domains in Spike Proteins Enable Higher Affinity to ACE2. Preprints 2020, 2020030422 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202003.0422.v1).

Young, M. J., O'Hare, M., Matiello, M., & Schmahmann, J. D. (2020). Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a man with COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2-accelerated neurodegeneration?. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 89, 601–603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.07.007