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Human "Mad Cow Disease" Prion May Lead To Test To Estimate Extent Of Humans Infected

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In the July 7, 2006, issue of the journal Science, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) describe experiments that may soon lead to a test that will enable medical science to estimate how many people are infected with the human form of mad cow disease, which can t ...

read more In the July 7, 2006, issue of the journal Science, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) describe experiments that may soon lead to a test that will enable medical science to estimate how many people are infected with the human form of mad cow disease, which can t read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

FDA Statement On Canadian Rule To Control BSE Risks

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of the release of a final rule by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to extend protections in Canada against the risks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), so-called Mad Cow disease. [click link for full article] ...

read more The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of the release of a final rule by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to extend protections in Canada against the risks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), so-called Mad Cow disease. [click link for full article] read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Incubation Period For Human BSE Infection Could Exceed 50 Years

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A person could possibly be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions for over 50 years before developing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), according to a study on another human prion disease called kuru in this week's issue of The Lancet. The findings suggest that the event ...

read more A person could possibly be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions for over 50 years before developing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), according to a study on another human prion disease called kuru in this week's issue of The Lancet. The findings suggest that the event read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

CJD Incubation Period May Well Be Over 60 Years

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As the CJD incubation period may be over 60 years, we could be decades away from an epidemic, say researchers from University College London and scientists from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The researchers studied former cannibals in New Guinea where a disease called 'Kuru' exists. Kuru has very ...

read more As the CJD incubation period may be over 60 years, we could be decades away from an epidemic, say researchers from University College London and scientists from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The researchers studied former cannibals in New Guinea where a disease called 'Kuru' exists. Kuru has very read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Atypical Mad Cow Disease Cases Baffle US Scientists

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Texas and Alabama have two new cases of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) which are baffling scientists who say they could be of a different strain and may appear spontaneously. Authorities are at a loss as to how the animals got infected. In these two cases experts could not find the spongy lesions that prion ...

read more Texas and Alabama have two new cases of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) which are baffling scientists who say they could be of a different strain and may appear spontaneously. Authorities are at a loss as to how the animals got infected. In these two cases experts could not find the spongy lesions that prion read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Study Suggests New Human Genotype May Be Prone To VCJD

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A small study in this week's BMJ suggests a new human genotype may be prone to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Although this new evidence may rekindle fears of a larger epidemic, others warn that it is important to be cautious in interpreting these results. Since the initial discovery of v ...

read more A small study in this week's BMJ suggests a new human genotype may be prone to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Although this new evidence may rekindle fears of a larger epidemic, others warn that it is important to be cautious in interpreting these results. Since the initial discovery of v read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Can Senile Amyloidosis Spread From Mother To Offspring?

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Researchers have demonstrated spread of senile amyloidosis from affected mice to their nursing offspring. The paper by Korenaga et al., "Transmission of amyloidosis in offspring of mice with AApoAII amyloidosis," appears in the March issue of The American Journal of Pathology and is highlighted on t ...

read more Researchers have demonstrated spread of senile amyloidosis from affected mice to their nursing offspring. The paper by Korenaga et al., read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Seven UK Cases Of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Associated With Transplanted Human Tissue

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Seven cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) associated with transplanted human tissue have occurred in the UK over a period of 33 years, reveals a study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.The seven cases of the fatal neurodegenerative disease were rep ...

read more Seven cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) associated with transplanted human tissue have occurred in the UK over a period of 33 years, reveals a study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.The seven cases of the fatal neurodegenerative disease were rep read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Suspected Mad Cow Disease In Japan, 20 Month Old Holstein

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Japanese authorities say they have found a suspected case of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in Fukushima Prefecture, north-east Japan. The animal was a 20-months-old Holstein. If confirmed, it will be the youngest head of cattle to test positive in Japan. (BSE = Spongiform Encephalopathy = Mad Cow Disease) ...

read more Japanese authorities say they have found a suspected case of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in Fukushima Prefecture, north-east Japan. The animal was a 20-months-old Holstein. If confirmed, it will be the youngest head of cattle to test positive in Japan. (BSE = Spongiform Encephalopathy = Mad Cow Disease) read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Canada Confirms Fifth Case Of Mad Cow Disease

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Canadian Food and Inspection Agency confirmed that a six-year-old dairy cow in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, had BSE (Mad Cow Disease). Canadian authorities are say this finding will probably not lead to a ban on imports of beef from the USA. The USA is Canada's largest export market for be ...

read more The Canadian Food and Inspection Agency confirmed that a six-year-old dairy cow in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, had BSE (Mad Cow Disease). Canadian authorities are say this finding will probably not lead to a ban on imports of beef from the USA. The USA is Canada's largest export market for be read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Soil-bound Prions That Cause CWD Remain Infectious

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious.The discovery that prions stay deadly despite sticking to soil comes as a surprise, because while many proteins ca ...

read more Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious.The discovery that prions stay deadly despite sticking to soil comes as a surprise, because while many proteins ca read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Cow Suspected Of Having Mad Cow Disease (BSE) In Canada

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Initial tests indicate that a six-year-old cow in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, has Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), otherwise known as Mad Cow Disease. Further tests are being carried out at the National Center for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg. We should know what the final ...

read more Initial tests indicate that a six-year-old cow in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, has Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), otherwise known as Mad Cow Disease. Further tests are being carried out at the National Center for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg. We should know what the final read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

New Evidence Questions The Simple Link Between Prion Proteins And VCJD

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
While newly published research confirms that under laboratory circumstances prion-protein can be absorbed across the gut, it also shows that this is unlikely to occur in real life. In addition, the results show that the places in the gut that do take up these disease-associated proteins are differen ...

read more While newly published research confirms that under laboratory circumstances prion-protein can be absorbed across the gut, it also shows that this is unlikely to occur in real life. In addition, the results show that the places in the gut that do take up these disease-associated proteins are differen read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Health Protection Agency's Partner Launches Decontamination Product For Surgical Instruments, UK

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
An idea originally conceived by Health Protection Agency scientists has been developed into a commercial product, independently certified for use by a European Community Notified Body (CE Marked) and launched on to the market by the Agency's partners, Genencor International. The product is an enzyme ...

read more An idea originally conceived by Health Protection Agency scientists has been developed into a commercial product, independently certified for use by a European Community Notified Body (CE Marked) and launched on to the market by the Agency's partners, Genencor International. The product is an enzyme read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

vCJD's Long Incubation Period Could Mean Many People May Be Infected

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
According to an article published online today (Monday March 27, 2006) by The Lancet Neurology, all individuals could be susceptible to transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) through routes such as blood transfusion, and, because of long incubation times before onset of symptoms, a ...

read more According to an article published online today (Monday March 27, 2006) by The Lancet Neurology, all individuals could be susceptible to transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) through routes such as blood transfusion, and, because of long incubation times before onset of symptoms, a read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Successful Cell Engineering May Lead To Mad Cow Prevention By Breeding Disease Resistance In Animals, Say Researchers

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Researchers at Texas A&M University have successfully "knocked down" the expression of possible disease-causing genes in a cloned goat fetus, perhaps paving the way for breeding disease resistance in other animals, even those genes that might cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly kn ...

read more Researchers at Texas A&M University have successfully read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

FDA Statement On USDA Announcement Of Positive BSE Test Result

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Following confirmation today by the USDA of a cow found positive for BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) or "mad cow" disease, the FDA is working with federal and state authorities to investigate the origin of the animal feed consumed by this cow. The USDA also confirmed the cow did not enter the ...

read more Following confirmation today by the USDA of a cow found positive for BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) or read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Cow Has BSE (Mad Cow Disease) In Japan

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has confirmed that a 5-year-old dairy cow in Hokkaido has contracted BSE (Mad Cow Disease), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 23. Authorities had suspected the cow had BSE after initial tests last Monday indicated so - further tes ...

read more The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has confirmed that a 5-year-old dairy cow in Hokkaido has contracted BSE (Mad Cow Disease), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 23. Authorities had suspected the cow had BSE after initial tests last Monday indicated so - further tes read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

WHO's VCJD Case Definition Should Be Revised

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) should be revised to prevent cases being missed, according to the authors of a case report in this week's issue of The Lancet.In their report, Masahito Yamada (Kanazawa University Graduate Scho ...

read more The World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) should be revised to prevent cases being missed, according to the authors of a case report in this week's issue of The Lancet.In their report, Masahito Yamada (Kanazawa University Graduate Scho read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

Another Possible Case Of Mad Cow Disease In USA

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Last night US authorities received an inconclusive test result of a rapid test from animal samples as part of the country's enhanced BSE surveillance programme. John Clifford, US Chief Veterinarian, said an inconclusive result does not necessarily mean BSE, it just means there is a possibility. Bov ...

read more Last night US authorities received an inconclusive test result of a rapid test from animal samples as part of the country's enhanced BSE surveillance programme. John Clifford, US Chief Veterinarian, said an inconclusive result does not necessarily mean BSE, it just means there is a possibility. Bov read more Mon Aug 2006 Mon Aug 2006

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