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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare, fatal (Newton Daily News)
Tue Nov 17 09:43:50 PST 2009
DEAR DR. GOTT: In reading your column about the 72-year-old man with ALS, I have some questions. My husband, also 72, was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The physicians were not positive but indicated he had the earmarks for it. His death certificate lists CJD as the cause. The...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is very rare and always fatal (The Times-News)
Mon Nov 16 21:57:14 PST 2009
DEAR DR. GOTT: In reading your column about the 72-year-old manwith ALS, I have some questions. My husband, also 72, was diagnosedwith Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The physicians were notpositive but indicated he had the earmarks for it. His deathcertificate lists CJD as the cause. The family...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob is rare, fatal (The Herald News)
Tue Nov 17 03:05:19 PST 2009
Q: In reading your column about the 72-year-old man with ALS, I have some questions. My husband, also 72, was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The physicians were not positive but indicated he had the earmarks for it. His death certificate lists CJD as the cause. The family...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare, progresses rapidly, always fatal (Tulsa World)
Tue Nov 17 00:41:43 PST 2009
Dear Dr. Gott: In reading your column about the 72-year-old man with ALS, I have some questions. My husband, also 72, was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
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Dr. Gott: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease rare, fatal (Erie Times-News)
Mon Nov 16 21:12:13 PST 2009
Q) In reading your column about the 72-year-old man with ALS, I have some questions. My husband, also 72, was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The physicians were not positive but indicated he had the earmarks for it.
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Brain Disease "Resistance Gene" Could Offer Insights Into CJD (Medical News Today)
Fri Nov 20 14:37:20 PST 2009
A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans and...
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Leeds Research Finds New Piece Of BSE Puzzle (Medical News Today)
Fri Nov 20 15:37:19 PST 2009
New research funded mainly through the Wellcome Trust with additional support from the Medical Research Council shows that a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer. The research carried out by...
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Brain disease 'resistance gene' evolves in Papua New Guinea community; could offer insights into CJD (Science Daily)
Fri Nov 20 07:24:19 PST 2009
A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by scientists in the UK.
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Family doctor: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare, always fatal (The Canton Repository)
Mon Nov 16 11:25:10 PST 2009
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative brain disorder that is always fatal. In the United States, there are about 200 cases a year. It typically occurs later in life and progresses rapidly. Onset of symptoms usually begins around age 60, with about 90 percent of sufferers passing away...
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Researchers find new piece of BSE puzzle (EurekAlert!)
Thu Nov 19 17:27:48 PST 2009
A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds. The team has found that a protein called Glypican-1 plays a key role in the development of BSE....
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