Study Finds Broader Reach for Mad Cow Proteins
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The research is based on experiments with mice, but if it is borne out in other species, it may suggest that no part of an infected animal is safe to eat.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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Scientists pinpoint a protein they believe holds the key to hearing, and maybe new treatments for deafness.
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A new &#36;58 million lab at Michigan State University will be a key to detecting diseases that start in animals but can be transmitted to people.
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A second case of mad cow disease may have turned up in the United States, Agriculture Department officials said Thursday.
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Washington, DC - A cow suspected of being the nation&#39;s second case of mad cow disease has tested negative for the brain-wasting disease, a relief to the US beef industry.
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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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A possible new case of mad cow disease surfaced Thursday, reviving interest in giving consumers more details about tainted meat and in tracking cattle from barnyard to slaughterhouse.
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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
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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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A protein essential to the growth of melanoma has been identified, providing a target for halting the deadly skin cancer. American researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children&#39;s Hospital Boston
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Scientists have discovered a protein which may help to slow, or even reverse symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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Rogue proteins that behave like those linked to vCJD and Alzheimer's can give yeast a survival advantage.
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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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The US Agriculture Department say they may have found a second case of mad cow disease in the United States. The department says that so far, test results are &quot;inconclusive.
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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, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday.