Creutzfeldt-Jakob is a rare brain disorder caused by infectious proteins called prions, which causes rapid, progressive ...

After a devastating family loss, Chicago Med character Caitlin Lenox remains haunted by GSS, a rare, genetic prion disease.

It is the original example of a group of diseases, known as the "transmissible spongiform encephalopathies" (TSE), sometimes known as the "prion" diseases. The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob ...

The characteristic diagnostic signs of prion disease in humans and animals, such as changes in behavior and mobility, result from advanced neurodegeneration for which there is currently no cure.

and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. In TSEs the normal cellular prion protein (PrP C) is transformed into an infectious disease-associated isoform, PrP Sc — a potential target for ...

which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly progressive dementia—particularly autoimmune forms of ...