A cure for CWD?

[MossRoad]

That was years ago, articles by Dr. Bastian were published in 2014.

Fast forward to 2018, just reviewed a few recent studies from Vaccine journal. It doesnt look like they have made much progress overall. Mean survival times are not significantly different between control and vaccinated elk subjects in the study.

What was two years ago? That press conference was 11 days ago.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's some more reading. Interesting. I hope it pans out to be the cause.

Novel Spiroplasma Spp. Cultured From Brains and Lymph Nodes From Ruminants Affected With Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy | Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology | Oxford Academic

 

[Motorboatin]

I'll believe it when I see it...

I'm betting this is FAKE NEWS...

SR

I'm inclined to agree with you that it's fake news, but I guess we can hope.

If it is fake they have a lot of news outlets and Gov agencies involved

Joyce calls for CWD study | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror

United Sportsmen and Women of Pennsylvania supports counter theory of cause of chronic wasting disease

AgCenter scientists makes historic CWD breakthrough | Sports | theadvocate.com



Dr Bastian LSU profile

Frank O Bastian

 

[Bird]

So now it does appear to not be "fake" but sounds more like wishful thinking. Anyway, I wish them luck and hope they succeed.

 

[ruffdog]

A guy at work said his dad had died of MCD. I told him that the medical world said no one contracted or died from it.....he said BS! He is not a medical term type person but he knew way too much about it to dismiss it. He said it was a horrible way for his dad to die.

 

[Motorboatin]

A guy at work said his dad had died of MCD. I told him that the medical world said no one contracted or died from it.....he said BS! He is not a medical term type person but he knew way too much about it to dismiss it. He said it was a horrible way for his dad to die.

If his dad had MCD (vCJD in humans) the CDC would know and only 4 cases have been in the US

vCJD Cases Reported in the US | Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Classic (CJD) | Prion Disease | CDC

 

[ruffdog]

If his dad had MCD (vCJD in humans) the CDC would know and only 4 cases have been in the US

vCJD Cases Reported in the US | Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Classic (CJD) | Prion Disease | CDC

Yeah...he was calling it CJD

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

 

[Jchonline]

What was two years ago? That press conference was 11 days ago.

I saw no new peer reviewed journal articles from Dr. Bastian, which means there is no real evidence based research on the topic yet. I would not hold my breath.

What most dont understand is just how difficult it is to get from research discovery to a final product that can be used in real animals or humans. Thousands of research drugs and vaccines never pan out.

 

[JamesHW]

Even a fast test for the disease for carcasses would be great, hope this doc is onto something. Proof is in the pudding.

Remember Barry James Marshall & John Robin Warren discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a cause for peptic ulcers were rejected in the 80’s and it took a long time for the medical community to accept their findings. They got the Nobel prize in 2005.

 

[MossRoad]

Even a fast test for the disease for carcasses would be great, hope this doc is onto something. Proof is in the pudding.

Remember Barry James Marshall & John Robin Warren discovery of Helicobacter pylori as a cause for peptic ulcers were rejected in the 80’s and it took a long time for the medical community to accept their findings. They got the Nobel prize in 2005.

See, that there is another problem.... someone else already got a nobel prize for concluding prions are the cause of mad cow disease. Stanley B. Prusiner - Wikipedia This new theory would negate that theory.

The nobel doesn't always get it right. And in science, it often leaves out most of the people that worked on the issue.

There's plenty of problems with the nobel system.

Nobel Prize controversies - Wikipedia