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CDC Warns Against Exposure to 'Mad Cow'-Like Brain Diseases
MONDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have new information about how humans are exposed to "prion" diseases, which are rare, progressive conditions that affect brain function, such as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, chronic wastin...
Prion Disease in Mice May Help Advance Alzheimer's Research
FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a new form of prion disease that doesn't act like related illnesses, such as mad cow disease, but instead causes brain damage similar to that produced by Alzheimer's disease. It ...
Malaria Drug Doesn't Boost Survival Odds With Prion Diseases
WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- The drug quinacrine doesn't prolong survival of patients with brain-wasting prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), British researchers say. Currently, there is no way to prevent or reverse t...
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