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.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Familial CJD Support Group tonight, 8-9:30 pm EDT

Please join Deana Simpson TONIGHT for the Familial CJD online support group.

Deana will guide the discussion as well as answer your questions.

As you will see when you go to the website, the CJD Foundation has a new look. To access the Support Group click on Family Support and then in the 2nd line there is a link to the Chat Room. When the next page comes up, give it a few seconds for the actual chat room to come on the screen.

You will enter the room with a Guest number. To change that to your name, just click in the little box that has Guest in it and another small window will open asking for your screen nickname.

The group runs from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EDT.

posted by Heather Larson at Thursday, January 11, 2007

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great work.

11/10/2008 8:26 PM

 

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