A fatal disease among deer that may cause abnormal behavior including a lack of fear of humans is inching closer to the ...

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

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

A hunter-harvested white-tailed deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Lanier County, Georgia, marking ...

"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 ...

"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 ...

Zombie deer disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. It's caused by abnormal prion proteins that damage ... and the general public." Most people with CJD will die within a year ...

Prion diseases such as CWD ... some research suggests that CWD could evolve to infect new species or jump to people through other animals. If the disease were to make a leap from deer to swine ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

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