1 Genetic forms of the disease can be determined through genetic sequencing on blood samples. 1. Zerr I, Kallenberg K, Summers DM, Romero C, Taratuto A, Heinemann U, et al. "Updated clinical ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, rapidly worsening brain disorder caused by misfolded prion proteins. It can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy. Sporadic disease accounts for about 85% ...

Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a deer in Carbon County for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission ...

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a rare brain disease that leads to dementia and also causes the body to deteriorate faster, leading to the patient's death. The disease is caused by prions ...

The incurable disease was first detected in Louisiana in 2022. With no vaccine, Louisiana has worked with hunters to track ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced a CWD-positive deer has been detected in Carbon County. The deer, an adult male, was detected in Packer Township, Carbon County. This detection is the first ...

Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The treatment ...

SCIENTISTS have warned 'zombie deer disease', fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), the condition leaves deer ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting that two deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a new ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is often called the human ... the CDC has stated that it is important to keep the agents of all known prion diseases from entering the human food chain ...