Woman dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob almost 50 years after taking prion-contaminated growth hormone
On May 15, 2025, a University of Colorado–led case report in Emerging Infectious Diseases, describes a 58-year-old woman…
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A diagnostic test allowed quick identification of Bovine Spongicorm Encephalopathy
On Jun. 25, 1999, an important step forward was announced in the fight against the mad cow disease….
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Stanley B. Prusiner awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine
On Oct. 6, 1997, Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine ‘for his discovery…
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Prions Identified that that cause Brain Disease
On Apr. 9, 1982, Stanley Prusiner, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), published a paper in…
