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NIH Study Confirms: Humans Unlikely To Catch Deer Prion Disease


Research on cerebral organoids provides strong evidence for a significant species barrier. A recent study employing a human cerebral organoid model to investigate prion diseases indicates a significant species barrier that blocks the transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids—such a

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