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The most common cause of inherited prion diseases is the E200K mutation of the prion protein (PrP). It is often thought that this mutation causes disease by making PrP more susceptible to misfolding ...
Officials won't know whether the deer was ill until Kentucky Fish and Wildlife biologists test tissue samples.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding deer and elk hunters who bag an animal this fall to have it tested ...
August 24, 2010 — A novel sporadic prion protein disease, variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr), with distinct features has been described as the first new prion disease since sporadic ...
The first-ever case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was confirmed in an adult, female whitetail deer in Page County.
The deaths of two people and illness of one from a possible fatal and rare brain disease clustering in Oregon have public health officials and medical professionals worried. They fear a returning ...