For years, chronic wasting disease (CWD), caused by prions ... spread to humans someday. According to the reports, lethargy, stumbling, weight loss, and other neurological symptoms are caused ...

Over time, this zombie-like accumulation of diseased prions destroys the brain from the inside out, though it can take years to decades before symptoms like dementia show. But once they do ...

Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us.

All specimens and/or MRI disks sent to the center must accompany a completed Test Request Form and/or an MRI Interpretation Request Form. Prion diseases are rare, fatal brain disorders in humans and ...

including whether it can impact humans and if an infected deer’s meat is safe to eat. Often referred to as CWD, chronic ...