University of Central Florida researchers have helmed a study that found Florida panthers are not particularly susceptible to ...

In Alzheimer’s, some research suggests that a buildup of prion proteins in the brain may contribute to the devastating loss of short- and long-term memory. “Long-term memory shapes our personality, ...

CWD is a contagious, fatal, neurological illness that can impact not only white-tailed deer, but other North American cervids ...

May 17, 2024 — 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 ...

The National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC) is the only Center of its kind in the U.S., which coordinates autopsies and neuropathologic examinations of suspected prion disease ...

“Knowing this structure should help us understand how CWD pathogens grow and spread, and what might be done to stop them in ...

this has been termed a 'subversion of function'. If so, PrP C contributes to neurotoxicity in prion disease but by uncertain mechnisms.

Chronic wasting disease is caused by a misfolded protein known as a prion and can be transmitted through predator and prey interaction, such as a panther eating a deer that has the disease. UCF ...