Former Woolworths CEO Michael Luscombe has died aged 64 from
the rare brain disease Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease.
Scientists who study
a rare brain disease that once devastated entire communities in Papua New Guinea have described a genetic variant that appears to stop misfolded proteins known as prions from propagating in the brain.
Anna Gunby can't run around as smoothly as most 4 - year - olds because her wobbly legs are affected by
a rare brain disease that also hinders her intellect.
Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to
a rare brain disease in 2010, and then learned she had inherited the same genetic mutation.
Some people with
rare brain diseases, however, already have a grid of electrical sensors implanted below their skulls, on their brains» surface.