This is how dead and dangerous prions spread to the brain
[ad_1] The brain tissue of a person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Dark red spots are prions. Credit: Raphael GAILLARDE / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images Infectious proteins called prions – which cause devastating brain diseases, including "mad cow" disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – can, in rare cases, be transmitted through contaminated food, of medical instruments or … Read more