Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) found in tonsils
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
People with symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) may soon be able to get a definitive diagnosis without the need for a brain biopsy. Scientists at Imperial College in London, UK, have discovered prion protein, the agent that causes CJD, in tissue taken from the tonsils of a woman who died from the new form of the disease that has been linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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