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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Mum dies from rare dementia years after catching it from own baby while pregnant

Doctors believe son inherited mutated gene responsible for disease from father, before passing it back to his mother while in the womb.

28 Nov 2018 4:49 PM

Brain-maiming protein may have spread via surgery: study

Hygiene standards are more stringent now, but the capacity of brain-attacking proteins to withstand sterilisation is still unknown.

17 Feb 2018 2:27 PM

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