In a new study, researchers have also demonstrated that these prions can experimentally transmit the disease to mice.

I wrote a short item titled "Canada investigating a cluster of 42 cases of a mad cow-like brain disease." CBC reported at the time that the first case had been diagnosed in 2015. The mystery disease ...

A scientist turned chef has been named amongst the ‘World’s Best Culinary Judges’ alongside competitors from 23 countries.

Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD is a neurological disease that affects animals such as deer, mule deer, elk, and moose ...

Technology has long been a presence in the angling world, too, from the first primitive outboard motors that ended the need ...

CJD is rare but fatal. The UK NHS lists possible symptoms including loss of intellect and memory, changes in personality, ...

Starting next deer season, hunters in south Georgia will have the option to drop off the heads of deer they take to be tested ...

Ending the spread of CWD appears unlikely because the prions, which cluster in the brain and nervous system, can be transmitted in many of ways.

However, in contrast to Chronic Wasting Disease, mad cow disease can make humans sick ... can only be diagnosed by examining the animal's brain after its death. Georgia has banned the ...

However, in contrast to CWD, mad cow disease can make humans sick if they eat infected beef ... The long-term affliction can only be diagnosed by examining the animal’s brain after its death. Georgia ...

It occurs when a person ingests the eggs of the parasite, which can lead to the formation of cysts in various tissues of the body, including the brain ... also led to Mad Cow Disease.