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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LONDON  - Thousands of people who received plasma or other blood products in Britain received letters from the government Tuesday warning that they may have been exposed to the deadly human form of mad cow disease.
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OTTAWA - Canada has exceeded its target for mad cow testing this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. All tests have come back negative for the brain-wasting disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the agency says.
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The human version of mad cow disease  may look different in different people, depending on their  genetic make-up, experts reported on Thursday, raising the  possibility the disease could be circulating undetected.
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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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Experts say patients given blood contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease face substantial risk.
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Six thousand Britons are to be told they  may have been exposed to the human form of mad cow disease  through blood products, the government said on Tuesday.
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Depending on your genetic makeup, vCJD (Varian Mad Cow Disease) will manifest itself differently, say researchers. This means vCJD may be present in some areas without being detected (vCJD means the human form of mad cow disease).
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Scientists discover four gene variants that increase the risk of developing the type 2 form of the disease. New clues about diagnosis and treatment.
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A Saudi-born man living in Virginia has been identified as the third reported U.S. case of a human form of mad cow disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A possible new case of mad cow disease has been found in the United States, the Agriculture Department said Thursday. The agency said the brain of a cow tested positive three times on
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Scientists say they might be able to slow progress of "mad cow disease" by genetically revamping the brain.
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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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By H. JOSEF HEBERT    WASHINGTON  -- 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, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday...
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MONTREAL (CP) - Humans would have to eat billions of servings of bovine spinal cords, eyeballs and tonsils to get mad cow disease, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said Friday.
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MILLIONS of people thought to be less vulnerable to the human form of âmad cowâ disease may be at risk of developing a different strain, according to research.
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There is unlikely to be a large number of deaths in the UK from the human form of mad cow disease, researchers predict.