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Researchers warn ‘zombie deer disease’ could spread to humans
Researchers are warning that chronic wasting disease (CWD) — also known as “zombie deer” disease — could spill over to humans ...
Mecosta County buck found with CWD. Where the disease is found in Michigan's deer herd
The case was confirmed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works in collaboration with ...
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Base Editing Technique Extends Lifespan in Prion Disease Mouse Model
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends ...
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Wyoming confirms first case of chronic wasting disease inside an elk feedground
A dead cow elk discovered on the Scab Creek Feedground tested positive for chronic wasting disease, which can persist in the ...
Gene editing extends lifespan in mouse model of prion disease
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends ...
University of Minnesota report: Resources would fall short if chronic wasting disease jumps to humans
This week the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota released a report titled ...
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U of M researchers examine preparedness for possibility of CWD jump to humans
U of M CIDRAP director and report lead, Michael Osterholm, said it took a group of 67 national and international CWD experts ...
Chronic wasting disease continued to spread and increase in prevalence in 2024
Twenty-three years after the first detections were reported, chronic wasting disease continues to spread geographically and ...
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Hunters Disagree on the Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer
The prion disease that causes deer, elk and other cervids to waste away could someday jump to humans, but many hunters are ...
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Neurodegenerative diseases: Membrane anchor suppresses protein aggregation
Protein aggregation is typical of various neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases such as Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. A research team has now used new in vitro and ...
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Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged
few are more studied and yet still more mysterious than chronic wasting disease. The prion disease, first identified in a Colorado research facility in the 1970s, has been making headlines for decades ...