Ending the spread of CWD appears unlikely because the prions, which cluster in the brain and nervous system, can be ...

Researchers have identified chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions in raw, cooked, and cured meat from an infected elk in Texas ...

Dr Michael Osterholm, based at the University of Minnesota in the US, has issued a warning to foodies following a new ...

Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as Zombie Deer Disease, affects deer, elk, moose, and reindeer, causing severe ...

Scientists express concern over the possibility of the deadly and incurable 'zombie deer' disease affecting humans. The ...

SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes reported that a mule deer shot on the northern portion of the reservation has ...

The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Georgia has been confirmed. Find out what it is and if it can affect humans.

Western blot testing confirmed the presence of CWD prions in the brain, lymph nodes, and nerves in reindeer, but only in the ...

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal ...

"Prion disease has a lot of different origins—some ... reduced protein levels without harmful side effects in people. That gave them hope that installing the same mutation using base editing ...

This week the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota released a report titled ...