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Discovery Of New Prion Protein May Offer Insight Into Mad Cow Disease

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Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. "Our team has defined a second prion protein called 'Shadoo', that exists in addition to the well-known prion protein called 'PrP' " said Professor David Westaway, director of the Centre fo ...

read more Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Breakthrough In Prion Amplification Brings Hope Of Blood Test For Variant CJD

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Researchers have shown that a recently developed laboratory method to amplify prions (Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification) can be applied to variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease). The work was carried out by scientists at the National CJD Surveillance Unit at the University of Edinburgh, the S ...

read more Researchers have shown that a recently developed laboratory method to amplify prions (Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification) can be applied to variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease). The work was carried out by scientists at the National CJD Surveillance Unit at the University of Edinburgh, the S read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Prion Infectivity Spread Through Lymph Nodes Into Nervous System

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Lymph nodes can be crucial for spreading low doses of infective prion agents -- the pathogens responsible for conditions such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- into the nervous system, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. [click lin ...

read more Lymph nodes can be crucial for spreading low doses of infective prion agents -- the pathogens responsible for conditions such as scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- into the nervous system, according to new research published in the online open access journal BMC Veterinary Research. [click lin read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

$1.5 Million 'New Innovator' Grant From NIH For Fruit-Fly Studies Of Prion Proteins

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The National Institutes of Health has selected University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) Assistant Professor of Neurology Pedro Fernandez-Funez to receive a five-year, $1.5 million NIH Director's New Innovator Award.NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni officially announced the 29 recipients ...

read more The National Institutes of Health has selected University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) Assistant Professor of Neurology Pedro Fernandez-Funez to receive a five-year, $1.5 million NIH Director's New Innovator Award.NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni officially announced the 29 recipients read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Prions And Retroviruses - An Unholy Alliance? - Expression Of Endogenous Retroviruses Is Changed After Prion Infection

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
In work originating from the Bavarian Research Cooperation Prions (FORPRION), which ended in 2007, a team led by the scientist Prof. Dr. Christine Leib-Mösch has been able to show that prion proteins may activate endogenous retroviruses in infected brain cells. [click link for full article] ...

read more In work originating from the Bavarian Research Cooperation Prions (FORPRION), which ended in 2007, a team led by the scientist Prof. Dr. Christine Leib-Mösch has been able to show that prion proteins may activate endogenous retroviruses in infected brain cells. [click link for full article] read more Fri Oct 2007 Fri Oct 2007

Monthly Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Statistics, UK

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The Department of Health is today issuing the latest information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. This includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) - the form of the disease thought to be linked to BSE. [click link for full article] ...

read more The Department of Health is today issuing the latest information about the numbers of known cases of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. This includes cases of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) - the form of the disease thought to be linked to BSE. [click link for full article] read more Wed Jun 2007 Wed Jun 2007

BSE Case Confirmed In British Columbia, Canada

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a mature dairy cow from British Columbia. The animal's carcass is under CFIA control, and no part of it entered the human food or animal feed systems. [click link for full article] ...

read more The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a mature dairy cow from British Columbia. The animal's carcass is under CFIA control, and no part of it entered the human food or animal feed systems. [click link for full article] read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

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

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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 carcasses once was thought to be the best way to foster quick decay of bodies and to prevent the spread of ...

read more 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 carcasses once was thought to be the best way to foster quick decay of bodies and to prevent the spread of read more Sat Mar 2007 Sat Mar 2007

Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early

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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 reduce levels of prion protein in the brains of people with prion disease. Also, they said that their fi ...

read more 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 reduce levels of prion protein in the brains of people with prion disease. Also, they said that their fi read more Sat Feb 2007 Sat Feb 2007

Over Thirty Month Old Heifer Enters UK Food Chain Without Being Tested For BSE

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Food Standards Agency, UK, has been notified that an Over Thirty Month (OTM) heifer has entered the food chain without being tested for BSE. Testing of bovine animals is mandatory in those intended for human consumption that are over thirty months at slaughter.The heifer had its specified risk m ...

read more The Food Standards Agency, UK, has been notified that an Over Thirty Month (OTM) heifer has entered the food chain without being tested for BSE. Testing of bovine animals is mandatory in those intended for human consumption that are over thirty months at slaughter.The heifer had its specified risk m read more Thu Jan 2007 Thu Jan 2007

FDA Proposes Barring Certain Cattle Material From Medical Products As BSE Safeguard

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to limit the materials used in some medical products in order to keep them free of the agent thought to cause mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE.This is the latest in a series of BSE safeguards that would bar mate ...

read more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to limit the materials used in some medical products in order to keep them free of the agent thought to cause mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE.This is the latest in a series of BSE safeguards that would bar mate read more Tue Jan 2007 Tue Jan 2007

Could Genetic Engineering Eradicate Mad Cow Disease?

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Scientists from the US and Japan have bred a dozen calves that don't have prions - the infectious proteins that cause mad cow disease.The research project is reported in the online journal Nature Biotechnology.Preliminary tests suggest that the brains of the genetically engineered calves are immune ...

read more Scientists from the US and Japan have bred a dozen calves that don't have prions - the infectious proteins that cause mad cow disease.The research project is reported in the online journal Nature Biotechnology.Preliminary tests suggest that the brains of the genetically engineered calves are immune read more Wed Jan 2007 Wed Jan 2007

Fresh VCJD Outbreak Feared As Third Blood Infected Patient Dies

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Post mortem examination of a third person infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) through blood transfusion has confirmed the presence of the fatal disease.Professor John Collinge of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit has been tracking 66 people known to have accidentally r ...

read more Post mortem examination of a third person infected with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) through blood transfusion has confirmed the presence of the fatal disease.Professor John Collinge of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit has been tracking 66 people known to have accidentally r read more Fri Dec 2006 Fri Dec 2006

Silencing The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
BSE (more commonly known as mad cow disease) and CJD, which is a related disease in humans that can occur spontaneously, be inherited, or be acquired (in some cases probably from cows with BSE), are fatal neurodegenerative diseases. It is thought that these diseases are caused by accumulation in the ...

read more BSE (more commonly known as mad cow disease) and CJD, which is a related disease in humans that can occur spontaneously, be inherited, or be acquired (in some cases probably from cows with BSE), are fatal neurodegenerative diseases. It is thought that these diseases are caused by accumulation in the read more Tue Dec 2006 Tue Dec 2006

New Approach To BSE Successful In Lab

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A new method of treatment can appreciably slow down the progress of the fatal brain disease scrapie in mice. This has been established by researchers from the Universities of Munich and Bonn together with their colleagues at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried. To do this they used an effect dis ...

read more A new method of treatment can appreciably slow down the progress of the fatal brain disease scrapie in mice. This has been established by researchers from the Universities of Munich and Bonn together with their colleagues at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried. To do this they used an effect dis read more Tue Dec 2006 Tue Dec 2006

Combating vCJD In The US And The UK

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A study of the differences between the approaches adopted by the authorities in the US and UK to combat variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) has found that scientific evidence is not the only the factor determining how governments react to health crises. The research was conducted by Dr Maya Pon ...

read more A study of the differences between the approaches adopted by the authorities in the US and UK to combat variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) has found that scientific evidence is not the only the factor determining how governments react to health crises. The research was conducted by Dr Maya Pon read more Fri Oct 2006 Fri Oct 2006

DH And HA Monitoring A Case Not Yet Confirmed As VCJD

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
In response to media enquiries on a case involving a 23-year-old man with suspicious symptoms of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority (HA) said that the patient was being monitored but the diagnosis h ...

read more In response to media enquiries on a case involving a 23-year-old man with suspicious symptoms of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority (HA) said that the patient was being monitored but the diagnosis h read more Thu Aug 2006 Thu Aug 2006

CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News from Medical News Today

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Latest CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease news updated throughout the day, every day ...

read more Latest CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease news updated throughout the day, every day read more Tue Aug 2006 Tue Aug 2006

Call For Data On Reuse Of Surgical Instruments To Allay Fears Over VCJD Transmission

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A study published in the online edition of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface has been exploring the likelihood that vCJD might be spread via the reuse of surgical instruments, and calls for more data in order to allay fears over the possible transmission of vCJD.The number of vCJD cases con ...

read more A study published in the online edition of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface has been exploring the likelihood that vCJD might be spread via the reuse of surgical instruments, and calls for more data in order to allay fears over the possible transmission of vCJD.The number of vCJD cases con read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Seventh Case Of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In Canada

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A four-year-old dairy cow had BSE (mad cow disease) in Alberta, Canada, say officials, making it the seventh case of the disease in the country since a nationwide surveillance program had been put in place in 2003. It is the fifth confirmed case in Alberta. According to the Canadian Food Inspectio ...

read more A four-year-old dairy cow had BSE (mad cow disease) in Alberta, Canada, say officials, making it the seventh case of the disease in the country since a nationwide surveillance program had been put in place in 2003. It is the fifth confirmed case in Alberta. According to the Canadian Food Inspectio read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

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