The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal outcome of this neurodegenerative ...
Chronic wasting disease may have been identified in B.C.'s Okanagan, potentially marking the spread of the fatal prion ...
The B.C. government says it is investigating a potential case of chronic wasting disease in a deer harvested in the Okanagan ...
Another case of an always-fatal deer disease has been found in eastern Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday that it had confirmed a case of chronic wasting ...
Officials say mandatory reporting would help monitor chronic wasting disease and inform county-level wildlife management ...
It makes it possible to obtain exosomes (extracellular vesicles that are secreted by practically all types of cells and carry ...
A coalition of public health, conservation, and farmworker advocacy groups this week filed a petition urging the ...
Trent WilkieLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterSt. Albert Gazette Alberta is set to allow hunting of farmed elk and deer ...
What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...
Experts estimate that genetic mutations account for about 10% of diseases, like Parkinson's, for example. The remaining 90% ...