creutzfeldt jakob disease
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A Lab Accident Likely Led to a Woman’s Death From Brain-Destroying Prions 9 Years Later
A lab accident in 2010 likely led to a woman’s untimely death nearly a decade later, according to doctors in France. In a recent case study, they describe how a woman in her early 30s developed a universally fatal brain disorder years after she had pierced her skin with equipment used to handle infectious rogue…
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Synthetic Brain-Destroying Human Prions Created In The Lab For The First Time
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have synthesised an artificial human prion, a scientific first that could eventually lead to treatments for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other deadly brain-wasting disorders.