Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...

The Canadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS) is operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and conducts prospective national surveillance for all types of human prion disease ...

Disease name: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), named after Hans Creutzfeldt and Alfons Jakob, two German doctors who first described the disease in the 1920s. Affected populations: CJD affects ...

Prion diseases are rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorders with no cure and limited treatment options. Despite their devastating effects, much about their mechanisms, transmission, and progression ...

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 ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition.

Research being carried out at the NPDPSC (supported in part by NIH and CDC): Cases of prion disease received by the NPDPSC are examined individually and in aggregate with the aim of timely detecting ...

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U.S. researchers say it’s time to look beyond deer when watching for chronic wasting disease exposure and infection, ...