Mad Cow Disease News

Posted November 13, 2008:

• How Household Bleach Kills Bacteria

Posted October 8, 2008:

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

Posted September 29, 2008:

• Is There More To Prion Protein Than Mad Cow Disease?

Posted September 15, 2008:

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

Posted September 12, 2008:

• Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation

Posted September 5, 2008:

• Changes In Urine Could Lead To BSE Test For Live Animals

Posted September 4, 2008:

• Infectious, Test Tube-Produced Prions Can Jump The 'Species Barrier'

Posted August 29, 2008:

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Humans Could Be Infected Through Blood Transfusions

Posted August 28, 2008:

• Novel Approach In Molecular Differentiation Of Prion Strains
• Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusions, According To Animal Study

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Test To Protect Food Chain From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease
• Investigation Of Prion Folding On Cell Membranes

Posted June 23, 2008:

• Prions Are Not Degraded By Conventional Sewage Treatment Processes

Posted June 17, 2008:

• Infectious And Non-Infectious Prions Have Clear Differences In Molecular Structures

Posted May 16, 2008:

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

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Prions Show Their Good Side

Posted April 22, 2008:

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

Posted April 8, 2008:

• Protecting A Life-Saving Blood Product From Human Form Of Mad Cow Disease

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Transmitting Prion Diseases In Milk

Posted March 17, 2008:

• New Insights Into Mad Cow Disease: Diversity Of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Agents Discovered

Posted March 3, 2008:

• Nano-Sensor For Better Detection Of Mad Cow Disease Agent

Posted February 15, 2008:

• Tool To Probe Role Of Oxidative Stress In Aging And Disease Developed

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Prions Link Cholesterol To Neurodegeneration

Posted December 4, 2007:

• New Tests Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly And Accurately

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Chemists Characterize Alzheimer's Neurotoxin Structure

Posted November 30, 2007:

• Levels Of Prion Protein In Brain May Not Be Reliable Marker For Disease

Posted November 21, 2007:

• Prion Fingerprints Detected With Glowing Molecule

Posted October 25, 2007:

• Scientists Find New Causes For Neurodegeneration

Posted September 26, 2007:

• Lymph Nodes Can Be Key In Spreading Prion Infectivity

Posted September 7, 2007:

• Prions May Activate Retroviruses In Infected Brain Cells

Posted September 5, 2007:

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

Posted August 23, 2007:

• Potential New Therapy For The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease And Other Neurodegenerative Conditions

Posted August 16, 2007:

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

Posted July 6, 2007:

• Soil Particles Found To Boost Prion's Capacity To Infect

Posted July 5, 2007:

• Prion Propagates In Foreign Host
• Study Advances Variant CJD Prion Detection

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Alzheimer's Prevention Role Discovered For Prions

Posted July 2, 2007:

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

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Scientists Identify Prion's Infectious Secret

Posted May 3, 2007:

• Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease In Mice

Posted April 26, 2007:

• Chronic Wasting Disease Is Transmissible Among Rodents

Posted March 19, 2007:

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

Posted February 24, 2007:

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

Posted February 12, 2007:

• Study Reveals Structural Dynamics Of Single Prion Molecules

Posted January 31, 2007:

• Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early

Posted January 25, 2007:

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

Posted January 23, 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 1, 2006:

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

Posted October 31, 2006:

• Researchers Developing New Strategy To Combat Prion Diseases

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