Levin: Learning About CWD (Audio) – VPR

Read article - Quotes Surachai Supattapone, professor of biochemistry and of medicine, in a segment about Chronic Wasting Disease—a prion disease that affects deer, elk, moose, and reindeer, and produces lesions in the brain, triggering disorientation, emaciation, and certain death. "We only know a fraction of what there is to know about prions. We're always catching up," says Supattapone.