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Which infectious diseases have a mortality rate close to 100%?
Most infectious diseases that were once deadly can now be prevented with vaccines or treatments, with the exception of a few dangerous ones like prion diseases.
Prion
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Articles about Prion
9 published items.
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'Zombie' because of eating infected deer meat in the US
A hunter died from eating meat from an animal infected with zombie deer disease, causing scientists to worry that the disease could cause a crisis in humans.
1001 mystery
Tragedy of the insomnia family to death
In the world there are people who are facing diseases
Biology
Quick-acting antiseptic
German scientists say they have found a fast-acting antiseptic that effectively kills bacteria, viruses and other pathogens.
Medicine - Health
The disease turns deer into living corpses that can infect humans
Scientists fear a neuropathy that kills North American deer can spread to humans.
Medicine - Health
New findings on the risk of infection 'mad cow' in humans
New research results published in Science Translational Medicine raise concerns about the infectious potential of this disease.
Medicine - Health
Latest model of Alzheimer's causes
Recently, a team of researchers at Yale University discovered a protein that plays a key role in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Medicine - Health
Mad cow disease helps ... increase intelligence?
Prion protein is known as a disease-causing infectious agent
Medicine - Health
Detection of yeast Lsb2 protein promotes Prion formation
Biochemists at Emory University School of Medicine, USA, have identified the Lsb2 protein in yeast that can promote spontaneous prion formation. This protein is unstable…