What types of research is being done for cjd?

A prion disease: The human prion diseases occur in inherited, acquired, and sporadic forms. Inherited cjd associates with coding mutations in the prnp gene. Acquired prion diseases include iatrogenic cjd, kuru, variant cjd in humans, scrapie in sheep, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) in cattle. Variant cjd is believed to be acquired from cattle infected with bse. However, the majority of human cases of p.