CJD
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In early 2019, officials at a hospital in the small Canadian province of New Brunswick noticed that two patients had contracted an extremely rare brain condition known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
"Importantly, our findings also suggest that Alzheimer's and some other neurological conditions share similar disease processes to CJD, and this may have important implications for understanding and treating Alzheimer's disease in the future."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
BSE still exists in various areas, and although a rare disease, individuals that acquire CJD are difficult to treat.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Classic CJD strikes an estimated one person per million.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 28, 2021
But this was not the case in the brains of the four affected CJD patients, which instead had the hallmarks of CAA.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2018
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