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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Closing In On Goat Scrapie

Goats are tough, spirited animals, but they're no match for scrapie, a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Now, with a "helping hand" from science, the animals' plight could ...  > full story

Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs Such As Foie Gras

Harmful proteins fragments known as amyloid fibrils associated with damage to brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and to pancreatic ...  > full story

New Disease, Comparable To BSE, Created In Laboratory Mice

Scientists have created a new disease, comparable to BSE, in laboratory mice. They have shown that exchanging just two amino ...  > full story

Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion

Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. The cause of the disease is a prion pr ...  > full story
 

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