Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease spreads prions throughout the eyes, researchers find

(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers recently studied the eyes of 11 people with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), the most common and well-known prion disorder. This week in mBio, they report finding prion seeds -- the infectious proteins that cause the disease -- spread throughout the eyes of all the patients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news