Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have mutated to become infectious through skin contact
Public Release: 22-Nov-2017 Researchers find infectious prions in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patient skin Case Western Reserve University Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)--the human equivalent of mad cow disease--is caused by rogue, misfolded protein aggregates termed prions, which are infectious and cause fatal damages in the patient's brain. CJD patients develop signature microscopic sponge-like holes in their brains. The…
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