CJD is a disease caused by a misfolding protein, called a prion. (PREE-on) Prion diseases are a group of rare and fatal brain diseases which occur in both humans and animals. In humans, it is known as CJD. Cows get BSE, which stands for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Deer and elk contract CWD, or chronic wasting disease. There is no cure or clinical diagnosis for CJD. There is no cure for any of the diseases in the prion family.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Check out Nicole's blog

One of the reasons I started CJD Talk was to show whoever might stop by here just how many of us there really are who have had to deal with CJD in their lives. The goal has always been and will always be to get as many people involved with the cause as possible and to get us all communicating with each other. It's that whole "strength in numbers" theory.

I must live to see the day when this isn't treated as a "rare disease" or an "old person's disease." Because it's not.

So check out Nicole's blog. She just joined my MySpace CJD Support Group and blogs about some nutrition issues as you can see. But she also blogs about the Stop the Madness Petition, milk from infected cows, and the idea of a possible epidemmic.

So give her a read!

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