Retina Global is a US based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is focused on finding sustainable solutions to the ever-increasing issues with retinal diseases in underserved areas around the world.
Prions are abnormal forms of natural proteins. The misshapen proteins collect in brain tissue and cause cells to die, leaving sponge-like holes in the brain. Prion diseases include “mad cow” disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in people. People can get CJD by eating infected beef, but most cases develop spontaneously. This rare disease, which affects about one in a million people, is untreatable and fatal.
