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Chronic Wasting Disease Is Transmissible Among Rodents
April 26, 2007 — For the first time, a new study demonstrates that certain rodents can be directly infected with chronic wasting disease and therefore serve as animal models for further study of the ... > full story -
Toward Safer Disposal Of Animals Infected With Mad Cow And Other Prion Diseases
March 19, 2007 — Burying prion-infected carcasses of cattle, deer and other animals in lime may actually enhance the spread of those infectious proteins through soil, a new study suggests. Placing quicklime on ... > full story -
Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood
February 24, 2007 — For the first time, experimental results indicate that it is possible to use a resin filter to remove harmful prion proteins from the blood of an infected animal, a finding that has major ... > full story -
Study Reveals Structural Dynamics Of Single Prion Molecules
February 12, 2007 — Using a combination of novel technologies, scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have revealed for the first time a dynamic molecular ... > full story -
Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early
January 31, 2007 — Studies in mice have indicated that the effects of prion disease could be reversed if caught early enough. The researchers said that their findings support developing early treatments that aim to ... > full story -
Identifying Variation In The U.S. Bovine Prion Gene
January 25, 2007 — Do genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy--also known as BSE, or "mad cow" disease? Are some cattle more susceptible than others? To address these and other questions, Agricultural Research ... > full story -
Team Finds Crucial Protein Role In Deadly Prion Spread
January 23, 2007 — Brown University biologists have made another major advance toward understanding the deadly work of prions, the culprits behind fatal brain diseases such as mad cow and their human counterparts. In ... > full story -
Mad Cow Breakthrough? Genetically Modified Cattle Are Prion Free
January 1, 2007 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service have announced initial results of a research project involving prion-free cattle. ARS scientists evaluated cattle that have been ... > full story -
New Approach To Mad Cow Disease Successful In Lab: Prion-Infected Mice Survive Longer
December 1, 2006 — A new method of treatment can appreciably slow down the progress of the fatal brain disease scrapie in mice. This has been established by German researchers from the Universities of Munich and Bonn ... > full story -
Researchers Developing New Strategy To Combat Prion Diseases
October 31, 2006 — Researchers at the Animal Health Research Centre (CReSA) are developing immunotherapeutical strategies against diseases produced by prion, such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis. The most recent ... > full story
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