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FDA November 2008 Update On Feed Enforcement Activities To Limit The Spread Of BSE

30 November 2008

To help prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalophathy (BSE) through feed in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a final rule that prohibits the use of most...
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Diverse Symptoms Of Prion Disease In Humans Replicated In Mouse Model

30 November 2008

A comprehensive mouse model of inherited prion disease exhibits cognitive, motor, and neurophysiological deficits that bear a striking resemblance to the symptoms experienced by patients with the human version of "mad cow...
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Prion Switching In Response To Environmental Stress

25 November 2008

If you have had a hard day at work, you may change your eating habits, perhaps favoring comfort food, but you don't suddenly develop the ability to eat the plate and cutlery...
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CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News Articles Archive - Page 1

14 November 2008

National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 16th Annual Report For 2007 And Scientific Report, UK

23 October 2008

Variant CJD And Blood Transfusion

21 October 2008

Hot On The Heels Of The Mad Cow Pathogen - First Synthetic Anchored Prion

17 October 2008

FSA Supports Move To Increase The Age At Which UK Cattle Are BSE Tested From 30 To 48 Months

09 October 2008

Seeking The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease

30 September 2008

Is There More To Prion Protein Than Mad Cow Disease?

16 September 2008

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

12 September 2008

Mad Cow Disease Also Caused By Genetic Mutation Research Shows

08 September 2008

Jumping The 'Species Barrier' - Infectious, Test Tube-Produced Prions

Potential BSE Test For Live Animals Based On Changes In Urine

01 September 2008

9-Year Study Confirms That vCJD Can Be Transmitted Through Blood Transfusion In Humans

29 August 2008

In Animal Study Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusions

According To Animal Study, Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusions,

12 August 2008

Resistant Prions

19 July 2008

Modified Virus Used To Treat Prion Disease In Mice

10 July 2008

New Fatal CJD-Like Dementia Discovered In America

03 July 2008

Abviva, Inc.: New Case Of Mad Cow Disease Detected In North America

18 June 2008

Driving Medical Research Via YouTube

Clear Differences Found Between The Structures Of Infectious And Non-Infectious Prions

11 June 2008

Decontamination Process For Surgical Instruments Removes Prions That Cause Mad Cow, CJD

19 May 2008

Alzheimer's Disease: Finding Has Implications For Host Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

08 May 2008

The Up Side Of Prions

24 April 2008

FDA Strengthens BSE Safeguards In Animal Feed

07 April 2008

VCJD Kills Two People In Spain

04 April 2008

235th American Chemical Society National Meeting In New Orleans

23 March 2008

New Insights Into The Diversity Of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Agents

18 March 2008

Four Separate Biochemical Subgroups In A Selection Of Cases Of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Identified

04 March 2008

News From The American Chemical Society Feb. 27, 2008

19 February 2008

Food Safety Attorney, Calls For CDC Long-Term Study Of Nation's School Children And Congressional Hearings On Safety Of United States Beef Supply

07 February 2008

French Medics Sued Over CJD Deaths

03 January 2008

New vCJD Case Raises Fear Of Mad Cow Disease Resurge In The UK

19 December 2007

11th Case Of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In Canada

05 December 2007

Scripps Scientists Develop New Tests That Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly And Accurately

03 December 2007

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

National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 15th Annual Report For 2006, UK

25 November 2007

Prion Fingerprints Detected With Glowing Molecule

27 October 2007

New Causes For Neurodegeneration Discovered By U-M Scientists

17 October 2007

Transfusion Medicine Made Safer With Leukocyte Reduction

26 September 2007

Prion Infectivity Spread Through Lymph Nodes Into Nervous System

20 September 2007

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

09 September 2007

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

19 August 2007

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

06 July 2007

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

06 June 2007

Monthly Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Statistics, UK

15 May 2007

Prion's Infectious Secret Identified By Scientists

09 May 2007

BSE Case Confirmed In British Columbia, Canada

04 May 2007

Prions Block Cell Recycling System To Cause Disease

01 May 2007

Chronic Wasting Disease Transmissible Among Rodents

23 March 2007

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

02 February 2007

Prion Disease Treatable If Caught Early

26 January 2007

Crucial Protein Role In Deadly Prion Spread found by Brown Team

25 January 2007

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

16 January 2007

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

02 January 2007

Could Genetic Engineering Eradicate Mad Cow Disease?

22 December 2006

Prion Filter Could Prevent VCJD Spread From Donated Blood

08 December 2006

Fresh VCJD Outbreak Feared As Third Blood Infected Patient Dies

05 December 2006

Silencing The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease

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