SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...

The case was confirmed by the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works in collaboration with ...

SCIENTISTS have warned 'zombie deer disease', fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), the condition leaves deer ...

Researchers are warning that chronic wasting disease (CWD) — also known as “zombie deer” disease — could spill over to humans ...

The disease, which currently impacts deer and other animals ... CWD is caused by misfolded prions in the brain that disrupt cellular communication, leading to the disease. Chronic wasting disease ...

During the archery season in September, a hunter killed a young buck just west of U.S. Highway 63 between Houston and Licking ...

including in the brain. It is now known that prions are more widespread than previously thought — they are found in many other animals including guinea pigs, minks, and deer, and even yeast ...

Chronic wasting disease is 100% fatal for deer, elk, moose and caribou and for the first time it's been found in British Columbia. "This has been one of our greatest fears for years. It wasn't a ...

Researchers have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative condition. The treatment, which uses ...