Recent research led by the University of Alberta challenges the belief that mad cow disease is caused only by misfolded ...

Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims. The most common form of prion disease affecting humans is sporadic ...

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Two recent cases of prion disease in the U.S. may have been caused by contaminated deer meat, though the connection is still unproven. Reading time 3 minutes A new study might point to the first signs ...

A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids -- deer, elk ...

POWELL — Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and even humans from direct contact with or environmental ...

A deer walks near the headwater of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as the “zombie deer disease” has ...

Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began misfolding. The abnormal prions accumulated rather than being shed, triggering ...

Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to hunt deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the ...

Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological illness, continues to spread in Minnesota’s deer population. Credit: Creative Commons/Christa R. Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make ...

Experts aren't sure if "zombie deer disease" can spread to humans, but they're concerned about the rising number of cases and the potential of humans being impacted by exposure to infected deer.