Agents and methods for the treatment and prevention of TSE, as well as methods for the preparation of the agent

摘要

The invention relates to an agent or a pharmaceutical active substance and a method for the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of TSE and to a method for producing the agent or pharmaceutical active substance. According to the invention, peptides or nucleotide sequences coding for these peptides are provided, which are disclosed in the sequence reports 1 to 27 as well as partial sequences thereof. DOLLAR A With the peptides according to the invention a treatment or prevention of the disease TSE can be made, for example, in humans Creutzfeld-Jakob syndrome, Kuru, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome and FFI (Fatal Familial Insomnia). TSEs are known in animals, scrapie in sheep, BSE in cattle and CWD in wild animals.