By contrast, vCJD cases caused by infected beef tend to occur in much younger people. Gizmodo reached out to experts at Case ...

Prions represent a new class of infectious agents which propagate on a protein-only level, not requiring agent-encoded nucleic acids. Newly emergent prion diseases such as bovine spongiform ...

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

CWD is also categorized as a prion disease, meaning it affects the ... have not been confirmed like those of vCJD from tainted beef. But the possible link between CWD and CJW presented in the ...

Mad cow disease infected and killed a few people who ate prion-tainted beef. No medical treatment exists for stopping a prion disease in an infected animal. Ending the spread of CWD appears ...