Editing Prion (section)

== Treatments ==
There are no effective treatments for prion diseases.<ref name="pmid28961066">{{cite journal | vauthors = Aguzzi A, Lakkaraju AK, Frontzek K | title = Toward Therapy of Human Prion Diseases | journal = Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 331–351 | date = January 2018 | pmid = 28961066 | doi = 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010617-052745 | url = https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/141186/1/Aguzzi_et_al%3B_2017_revised.pdf | access-date = 2020-03-05 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200312215409/https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/141186/1/Aguzzi_et_al%3B_2017_revised.pdf | archive-date = 2020-03-12 }}</ref> Clinical trials in humans have not met with success and have been hampered by the rarity of prion diseases.<ref name="pmid28961066"/> Although some potential treatments have shown promise in the laboratory, none have been effective once the disease has commenced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prion.ucl.ac.uk/clinic-services/research/drug-treatments/|title=Prion Clinic – Drug treatments|date=13 September 2017 |access-date=2020-01-29|archive-date=2020-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129093314/http://www.prion.ucl.ac.uk/clinic-services/research/drug-treatments/|url-status=live}}</ref>