Ohio hunters have discovered 24 white-tailed deer infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known as 'zombie disease', across five counties. The disease, caused by misfolded prions ...

CWD is also categorized as a prion disease, meaning it affects the brain’s prion proteins. When abnormal versions of these proteins infect the animal, they cause normal prion proteins to fold ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi State University (MSU) scientists and leading experts in deer and prion research are weighing in on recent news about deer diseases and potential risk to ...