In honour of the late Professor Michael Alpers, the Australian Government has today announced the launch of the Alpers Award ...

There have been no reported cases of kuru in the UK or the US, as the disease was confined to specific cultural practices in New Guinea. Another brain-folding disease, gerstmann–sträussler ...

one disease stands out as particularly sinister: Kuru. This devastating condition is also known as a brain-eating disease. Though it does sound very scary, it is incredibly rare. This is ...

Amyloid plaques are also linked to other movement-related diseases like kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Researchers believe that viruses may trigger the buildup of harmful proteins ...

The discovery of a prion disease, kuru, in the Fore people of Papua New Guinea that was transmitted by consuming contaminated human brain tissue of family members during funeral rites demonstrated ...

Viruses like Covid and HSV-1 may trigger neurodegenerative diseases by causing protein accumulation in the brain, leading to ...

The discovery of a prion disease, kuru, in the Fore people of Papua New Guinea that was transmitted by consuming contaminated human brain tissue of family members during funeral rites demonstrated ...

The discovery of a prion disease, kuru, in the Fore people of Papua New Guinea that was transmitted by consuming contaminated human brain tissue of family members during funeral rites demonstrated ...

Correspondence to: J Collinge MRC Prion Unit and National Prion Clinic, Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; ...

Whanganui Black Power president Damien Shane Kuru is challenging his manslaughter conviction for the death of a rival on the grounds the evidence didn't support the jury's findings. Photo / NZME ...

A staggering 81 percent of Americans reported foot pain in 2024. Kuru Footwear's Prevalence of Foot Pain report said this is a 'marked increase over the past decade', with 77 percent reporting ...