Prions, mysterious shape-shifting proteins, can lead to brain disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and ...

They’re not alive, but they destroy with terrifying precision. Prions are misfolded proteins behind some of the most ...

The patient was unknowingly infected with an abnormal protein that causes a rare, fatal neurological disease with no treatment.

The model enables the study of the fundamental interactions that underlie neurodegenerative disease. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of California, Santa Barbara have ...

What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry ...

In April 2025, three people in Oregon developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurological condition that is ...

Officials say new Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Henderson, Union and Webster ...

A man admitted raping a 15-year-old girl while serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy.

New Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance measures are now in effect for Henderson, Union, and Webster counties, following the detection of CWD in a deer harvested just across the Ohio River in ...