Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Aug 15, 2017•45 min•Season 3Ep. 32
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Episode description
Darren's interest in the emerging issue of Chronic Wasting Disease in deer populations prompted a look at a similar and rare form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (sponge brain) in humans known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Its origins are mysterious, it is typically fatal within a year, and there is no cure ... gulp
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Originally published August 2017. Remastered July 2025.
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