Breakthrough on vCJD risks
YOUNG people's immune systems put them at a higher risk of catching vCJD, an Edinburgh University study has found.
Specific cells attract corrupt proteins which are linked to the disease, allowing them to spread more easily around the body.
The work casts doubt on previous assumptions that young people were more vulnerable because they were more inclined to eat cheap meat products.
Neil Mabbott of the university's Roslin Institute, which carried out the research, said: "Understanding what happens to these cells could help us develop better ways of diagnosing variant CJD or find ways of preventing (these proteins] from spreading to the brain. It could also help to create a vaccine."
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