Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...

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Neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida are leaders in the discovery of new genes, biomarkers and therapeutic targets for brain diseases. Thanks to exceptional resources, including a brain ...

Now, an in vivo protocol facilitates screens in mouse brain, using adeno-associated virus with transposon-based delivery of the CRISPR guide RNAs.

Her team analyzed 2,500 brain scans of college students who viewed pictures of someone special to them and compared the scans to ones taken when the students looked at pictures of acquaintances.

According to the commission, CWD is an always-fatal neurological disease caused by a misfolded protein called a prion and is a threat to deer and elk. There is no evidence of CWD infecting humans or ...

The Canadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS) is operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and conducts prospective national surveillance for all types of human prion disease ...

The nation must lose its tight focus on individual disciplines if it is to keep pace with the evolving requirements of scientific enquiry.

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Welcome to the Lancet Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Resource Centre, bringing together the most comprehensive data and analysis of worldwide trends in global health, published across the Lancet ...