Author: Durezernab Berki

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob: the Menace that Kills

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob: the Menace that Kills

    An incurable disease that deteriorates the brain at a rapid pace and leads to the inevitable fatality of its victim seems like something out of a nightmare. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare degenerative brain disorder belonging to a group of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, a group of prion diseases that cause tiny holes in the…