One of the strangest things that can sicken us—a rogue misfolded protein that destroys the brain, known as a prion—is even scarier than we knew.

Humic acid, found in highly organic soils, degrades the CWD prion proteins and makes them less infective.

It doesn't believe in constitutional norms any more than it believes in climate science. The prion disease has progressed beyond all recall.

That suggests that the acid somehow degrades the warped protein, making it less infectious, says Judd Aiken, a prion disease researcher at the Univ

Protein aggregation causes several progressive age-related brain diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson

It is clear from the latest research that infectious agents consisting of proteins called " prions" that can also destroy the brain sprea

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an always-fatal prion disease that affects deer and similar species.

Sporadic CJD, a fatal neurodegenerative prion disease of humans, is untreatable and difficult to diagnose.

The Prion Interest Group is demanding that the department retracts “insupportable claims” that its policy for controlling bovine TB (bTB) is workin

Dr Iain McGill, a veterinary surgeon and director of Prion Interest Group, told BBC News that claims by Defra that the badger cull in Somerset and

Given the prevalence and testing for CWD in Southeast Minnesota this fall, the CDC recommendations for prion-contaminated surgical instruments are

Chronic Wasting Disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) or prion disease in the cervid (deer) family, and is always fatal.

In a follow-up to a report of a poster presented at IDWeek2018 concerning a relatively recent case of vCJD linked to the consumption of squirrel br

Prion diseases affect the brain, causing neurodegenerative problems that always lead to death.

The first example of prion strains that replicate independently in vitro and in vivo suggests that strain diversity may be greater than previously

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a rare brain disorder caused by misfolding brain proteins called prions.

CWD is a prion disease that causes irreversible damage to brain tissue in deer, moose, reindeer and elk. There are no treatments or vaccines.

To date, more than 55 Wisconsin counties have reportedly been impacted by Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD.

Newswise — Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims.

Until recently, I could neither pronounce nor spell the word prion, an altered cellular protein that triggers a suite of infectious diseases, mostl

A new vector on the ground today is an element; a mutant protein known as a prion, and is a cause for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

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A new study has shed light on the mechanisms underlying the progression of prion diseases and identified a potential target for treatment.