Can humans get chronic wasting disease from deer?
Results from brain organoids suggest it is hard for deer prions to infect human brains
By Erin Garcia de Jesus – Science News
Chronic wasting disease has been spreading among deer in the United States, which has raised concerns that the fatal neurological illness might make the leap to people. But a recent study suggests that the disease has a tough path to take to get into humans.
The culprit behind chronic wasting disease, or CWD, isn’t a virus or bacterium but a misfolded brain protein called a prion. A new study using miniature, lab-grown organs called organoids supports previous work, showing that CWD prions don’t infect human brain tissue. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING
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