Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, fatal and transmissible
neurodegenerative disease associated with the accumulation of misfolded prion protein in …

Neurodegenerative disorders and type 2 diabetes are global epidemics compromising the
quality of life of millions worldwide, with profound social and economic implications. Despite …

Expanding water reuse-the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including
irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation-could significantly increase the …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an invariably fatal transmissible spongiform
encephalopathy of white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and moose. Despite a 100% fatality …

A naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of mule deer was first
reported in Colorado and Wyoming in 1967 and has since spread to other members of the …

Prions are the protein-based infectious agents responsible for prion diseases.
Environmental prion contamination has been implicated in disease transmission. Here, we …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal, transmissible prion disease that affects captive
and free-ranging deer, elk, and moose. Although the zoonotic potential of CWD is …

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal disease of deer, elk, and moose transmitted
through direct, animal-to-animal contact, and indirectly, via environmental contamination …

Soil behaves as a medium of biogeochemical transformations and fluxes and comprises
mineral, gaseous, liquid and biological components that have direct impacts on human …

Prion diseases range from being highly infectious, for example scrapie and CWD which
show facile transmission between susceptible individuals, to showing negligible horizontal …