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21 hrs ago | KLTV Tyler

Unraveling the 'Mad Cow' Mystery

Researchers may be moving closer to better treatments for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, and the related condition called Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.

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Yesterday | Bury Free Press

Cannibalism clue to brain disease

Research on a "brain-eating tribe" may hold the key to understanding and even treating mad cow disease, according to The Daily Telegraph.

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Related Topix: Health, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, Genetics, Biology, Science, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Medical News Today

Brain Disease "Resistance Gene" Could Offer Insights Into CJD

Main Category: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Genetics Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 - 11:00 PST A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research ...

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Related Topix: Health, Genetics, Biology, Science, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Physics Blog

Researchers find new piece of BSE puzzle

A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds.

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Related Topix: Health, Biology, Science, Biochemistry

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

40 Groups Disagree with USDA's Latest BSE Court Submission

Yes, the ball is still in play although a distant memory for some with regard to the litigation filed in 2007 by R-CALF USA and 10 other plaintiffs against the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to allow into the U.S. older Canadian cattle born after March 1, 1999, and beef from Canadian cattle of all ages.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

Gene Protects Brain-Eaters From Mad Cow-Type Disease

Villagers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who ritualistically ate human brains but did not die of a brain disease called kuru have a genetic mutation that protects them, researchers said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, Health

EurekAlert!

The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease , scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

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Related Topix: Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Tests Rule Out BSE In Slovenia Cow

Laboratory tests ruled out mad cow disease in a 3-year-old Slovenian cow that died in September, the Slovenian Veterinary Administration said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Health, Science / Technology

Bioscience Technology

The Protein Srebp2 Drives Cholesterol Formation in Prion-Infected...

Neuherberg, November 17, 2009. The regulating protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation, which prions need for their propagation, in prion-infected neuronal cells.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Health

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Taipei Times

Stop risky beef before it s too late

Once the infectious prion reaches Taiwan, Taiwan will be more susceptible than perhaps anywhere else in the world to the spread of vCJD in humans.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Health, Opinion

Sun Nov 15, 2009

PR-inside.com

Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and ...

Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile - new report released 2009-11-16 06:33:19 - Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.

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Related Topix: Health

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Earth Times

Thousands of Taiwanese protest resumption of US beef imports

Thousands of Taiwanese Saturday marched in the capital Taipei to protest against the end of a six-year ban on the import of some types of US beef products- which they fear could spread the deadly mad cow disease.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, World News, Taiwan, Health, Southeast Asia

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KIFI Idaho Falls

Noted prion biologist headed to UW

The University of Wyoming soon will have a new expert on the proteins that cause chronic wasting disease.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, University of Wyoming, Health

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Wiltshire

No need to panic in Pewsey or rest of Wiltshire

Maggie Rae, director of public health in Wiltshire, said the death of 25-year-old Pewsey man Edward Peduzie from CJD should not cause people to worry.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Wiltshire County, England, Health

Wed Nov 11, 2009

ETaiwanNews.com

DPP to back march against expanded U.S. beef imports

DPP members display a poster in front of the Taipei City Government yesterday, asking Taipei City Mayor Hao Lung-bin to participate a rally which will be held this Saturday to protest against the government's policy to allow the unlimited import of U.S. beef.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, World News, Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, Southeast Asia, Health

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Valley Advocate

Pandemic Report: Farm to You?

As swine flu spreads, affecting nearly 6 million Americans by now, spreading fever and discomfort and creating long lines of people waiting for vaccine that's in short supply, reports say that scrutiny of large hog farming operations has slowed down, not speeded up.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Medicine, Influenza

The Taipei Times

DPP demands new beef negotiations

BONE OF CONTENTION: A DPP spokesman displayed enlarged copies of the Taiwan-US deal and the South Korea-US deal and said Taiwan s was more relaxed By Jenny W. hsu STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Nov 07, 2009, Page 3 Taiwan s agreement to relax restrictions on imports of US beef is much laxer than that agreed between South Korea and the US, the Democratic ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Beef, Meat, Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party, World News, South Korea, Health, Ma Ying-jeou

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Taipei Times

Lessons to learn from beef debacle

Controversy over the government s decision to relax restrictions on US beef imports is heating up.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Health, Ma Ying-jeou, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Asia News Network

TAIPEI: A referendum on beef imports from the United States?

Taiwan's Consumers' Foundation and a few other private non-profit organizations, including the Housewives' Association, are planning to propose a referendum on the importation of American beef and beef products that may by a one-in-a-billion chance cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Non-Profit, Health

Thu Nov 05, 2009

NewsTarget.com

H1N1 swine flu infects commercial swine in USA, reports USDA

The pork industry desperately wants you to believe "the Big Lie" about swine flu: That it can't infect pigs, and therefore it's perfectly safe to buy and eat lots and lots of pork products.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Life, Food, Pork, Meat

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