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A Brain-Destroying Prion Disease Is Becoming More Common, Study Finds – Gizmodo Australia
New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common — likely due to an ageing population….
New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common likely due to an ageing population.
The study, published last month in the journal Scientific Reports, looked at data collected by the Japanese government from 2005 to 2014 on residents over the age of 50 who were diagnosed with CreutzfeldtJakob disease (CJD). During those years, the study found, the average incidence rate of CJD rose by 6.4 per cent annually. This rise…
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