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Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have made a discovery that may explain how prion diseases, like chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease, adapt in order to spread...
A phrase like “mad cow” is sure to whip up a media frenzy. When the USDA confirmed last week the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in six years, news...
Prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) are able to jump species much more easily than previously thought. A study...