Gene shields some from human version of mad cow disease: report
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WASHINGTON : A gene may protect some people from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human brain wasting form of mad cow disease, researchers said on Thursday.
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Analysts said the discovery of a human case of mad cow disease in Japan may hamper efforts to resume beef imports from the United States.
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A British man suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease is no longer terminal ill, thanks to an experimental medical treatment, his father said.
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For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products
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WASHINGTON - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers with a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA
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Japan confirmed Friday its first case of the human variant of mad cow disease after the death of a man believed to have contracted the fatal brain-wasting illness from eating infected beef in Britain.
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WASHINGTON - Definitive testing has ruled out mad cow disease in an animal that federal officials had identified last week as a potential carrier, officials said Tuesday.
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Canada confirmed Tuesday it had  uncovered a new case of mad cow disease but said the animal in  question, a beef cow from Alberta, had not entered the human or  animal food systems.
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Description: The government says a preliminary test suggests that another animal in the US could have mad cow disease. The US Department of Agriculture called the test result inconclusive, and has sent a sample from the animal for confirmatory testing.
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Experts say patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease face substantial risk.
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Humans are likely to catch more than one form of mad cow disease, experiments in mice suggest. But the good news is that some people may have a genetic make-up that protects them against the disease.
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Canadian officials said they had found mad cow disease in an animal born after feed restrictions were put in place in 1997.
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UK scientists are upwardly revising their estimates of the number of people likely to die from new variant CJD (vCJD, also known as mad cow disease). It follows the death of a second patient, who contracted the disease after a ...
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Letters went out to 6,000 patients in Britain who may have been exposed to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human form of mad cow disease, through blood plasma products, officials said.
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_ Consumer and cattle-industry groups joined the government in cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists investigate a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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While the public waits for results of tests that will determine whether there&#39;s another case of mad cow disease in the United States, new government procedures have been designed to eliminate as much speculation as possible.
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A SECOND CASE OF BSE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS MAD COW DISEASE, HASN&#39;T BEEN CERTIFIED YET HERE IN THE US. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS A RAPID SCREENING TEST ON A COW IN AN UNDISCLOSED STATE IS INCONCLUSIVE.