Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humanswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square138linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squarePlantJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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-up3·2 years 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!