Two doctors looking at brain scans

Medicine’s Jiri Safar discusses new test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Prion test for rare, fatal brain disease helps families cope

NPR: Jiri Safar, associate professor of pathology and director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, discussed a new test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease he helped develop. “It’s a major game changer,” he said.