Soil compound fights chronic wasting disease

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

A major compound in soil organic matter degrades chronic wasting disease prions and decreases infectivity in mice, according to a study published November 29 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Judd Aiken of the University of Alberta, and colleagues.

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