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vCJD

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·October 14, 2016·5 min read

Fruit Fly Model of Brain Disease Could Lead to Blood Test for vCJD

A new fruit fly model in development could lead to low cost blood tests to help diagnose a deadly prion disease.

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Featured Neurology

·April 8, 2016·5 min read

Improved Detection for Deadly Prion Diseases

A new assay offers improved sensitivity of current tests for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, researchers report.

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Featured Neurology

·August 4, 2015·4 min read

Study Reveals How Prion Diseases Spread From the Gut to the Brain

A new study reveals how prions are able to spread from the gut and into the brain after a person eats contaminated meat.