Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and ...

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 ...

CJD, CWD and other prion diseases are caused by a misfolded version of the harmless prion protein. When a bad prion comes into contact with its normal self, it somehow forces it to turn into ...

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 ...

POWELL — Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and even humans from direct contact with or environmental ...