Mad Cow Disease News

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Cell Study Explains Why Younger People More At Risk Of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Impaired Transport In Neurons Triggers Prion Disease

Posted June 28, 2009:

• Mad Cow And Related Diseases: Copper Linked To Normal Functioning Of Prions

Posted June 15, 2009:

• How Prion Protein Damages Brain Cells: Findings Could Advance Understanding Of Mad Cow Disease, Related Disorders

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Iron Is Involved In Prion Disease-associated Neuronal Demise

Posted March 12, 2009:

• Antibody Key To Treating Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

Posted February 27, 2009:

• New Piece In Alzheimer's Puzzle

Posted November 28, 2008:

• Mouse Model Of Prion Disease Mimics Diverse Symptoms Of Human Disorder

Posted October 10, 2008:

• Tracking Down The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease: First Synthetic Prion Protein With An Anchor

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Protective Pathway In Stressed Cells Not So Helpful When It Comes To Prions

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusions, According To Animal Study

Posted May 20, 2008:

• How Small Molecule Can Take Apart Alzheimer's Disease Protein Fibers

Posted April 24, 2008:

• First Atomic-level Look At A Protein That Causes Brain Disease

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Prions Link Cholesterol To Neurodegeneration

Posted December 7, 2007:

• Chemists Characterize Alzheimer's Neurotoxin Structure

Posted November 22, 2007:

• Prion Fingerprints Detected With Glowing Molecule

Posted October 28, 2007:

• Scientists Find New Causes For Neurodegeneration

Posted September 15, 2007:

• Prions May Activate Retroviruses In Infected Brain Cells

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Small Clumps Of Prion Proteins May Be Primary Cause Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Newly Discovered Prion Protein May Offer Insight Into Mad Cow Disease

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Alzheimer's Prevention Role Discovered For Prions

Posted July 4, 2007:

• Manganese Levels Increase In Scrapie-infected Sheep Before Clinical Symptoms Develop

Posted May 3, 2007:

• Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease In Mice

Posted March 19, 2007:

• Toward Safer Disposal Of Animals Infected With Mad Cow And Other Prion Diseases

Posted February 26, 2007:

• Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood

Posted February 15, 2007:

• Study Reveals Structural Dynamics Of Single Prion Molecules

Posted February 1, 2007:

• Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early

Posted January 26, 2007:

• Identifying Variation In The U.S. Bovine Prion Gene

Posted January 24, 2007:

• Team Finds Crucial Protein Role In Deadly Prion Spread

Posted January 1, 2007:

• Mad Cow Breakthrough? Genetically Modified Cattle Are Prion Free

Posted December 4, 2006:

• New Approach To Mad Cow Disease Successful In Lab: Prion-infected Mice Survive Longer

Posted November 1, 2006:

• Researchers Developing New Strategy To Combat Prion Diseases

Posted October 31, 2006:

• A Potential Anti-prion Drug With 'Unprecedented' Potency

Posted August 21, 2006:

• Human Version Of 'Mad Cow' Disease Might Be Spread Via The Reuse Of Surgical Instruments, Study Suggests

Posted July 7, 2006:

• Prion Disease Agent Causes Heart Damage In Mouse Study

Posted July 6, 2006:

• Prion Find Points Way To Test For Human 'Mad Cow' Disease

Posted June 29, 2006:

• Brittle Prions Are More Infectious

Posted June 12, 2006:

• Unraveling Alzheimer's: Clues May Be Found Visualizing Plaques In Human Brain, Mad Cow-type Diseases

Posted May 19, 2006:

• Study Suggests New Human Genotype May Be Prone To Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Posted April 28, 2006:

• Can Dementia Spread From Mother To Offspring?

Posted March 31, 2006:

• New Evidence Questions Simple Link Between Prion Proteins And 'Mad Cow' Disease

Posted March 28, 2006:

• Protein Sorting In Pigment Cells Sheds Light On Melanoma, Alzheimer's Disease

Posted March 22, 2006:

• Successful Cell Engineering May Lead To Mad Cow Prevention, Say Researchers

Posted February 10, 2006:

• A Clue To Core Problem Of Neurodegenerative Disease And Cell Death

Posted January 9, 2006:

• Toward a Better Understanding of Human Prion Diseases

Posted January 4, 2006:

• History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers

Posted December 9, 2005:

• Study Links Progressive Aphasia Syndrome To Prion Gene

Posted October 22, 2005:

• Cell Cultures Can Sort Out CJD And Scrapie Infectious Agents

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