Below is an instruction from Human. Write a response.
    ### Instruction:
    what research (or clinical trials) is being done for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ?
    ### Response:
    The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system, and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The leading scientific theory at this time maintains that CJD is caused by a type of protein called a prion.
    