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One in 2,000 of UK population carries variant CJD proteins

One in 2,000 people in the UK are estimated to be carrying variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) proteins, according to a study led by Professor Sebastian Brandner (UCL Institute of Neurology).

The research, published in this week’s BMJ, is based on samples from more than 32,000 people and provides the most robust prevalence measure to date. (more…)

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