Category Archives: Prionic diseases

INIA-CISA and IRTA-CReSA proceed with the prion research project financed by the Fundació la Marató de TV3

Analyzing a cerebrospinal fluid protein will help diagnose and predict the clinical evolution of patients with prion diseases

Prions in the desert
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies involve a quite diverse spectrum of hosts, from domestic animals such as cows with mad cow disease (aka Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE), wild animals such as cervids with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and even people who may suffer from Creutzfeld Jackob Disease.