The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological illness in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an infectious prion that causes chronic wasting disease, or CWD, reveals ...

Prions, mysterious shape-shifting proteins, can lead to brain disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, "mad cow disease" in cattle, yet they can also ...

For the first time this fall, Washington hunters are not allowed to use bait when targeting elk, deer or moose. So far, it appears to be a tough habit for some to kick. Alan Myers, the Washington ...

A mysterious neurological disease was killing women and children in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Patients in the final stages experienced uncontrollable outbursts of laughter, earning ...

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