Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-link‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square139fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squarePlantJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThat sounds like a huge development! I haven’t kept up with the research (obviously), last I remembered was that the plaque theories weren’t really panning out into successful treatments.
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYep they weren’t because turns out the “plaque” was caused by prions!
That sounds like a huge development! I haven’t kept up with the research (obviously), last I remembered was that the plaque theories weren’t really panning out into successful treatments.
Yep they weren’t because turns out the “plaque” was caused by prions!