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FILTER RESULTS ►Improved Detection Test Developed To Identify Food Contamination, Aid Bioterrorism Defense
Sales of chicken products in China plummeted recently during an outbreak of a deadly new strain of bird flu. From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed byShow More Summary
Food safety and bioterrorism defense may benefit from improved detection test developed at MU
Sales of chicken products in China plummeted recently during an outbreak of a deadly new strain of bird flu. From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed byShow More Summary
Stray Bits from the Congressional Research Service
“Bosnia and the European Union Military Force (EUFOR): Post-NATO Peacekeeping” (pdf), updated December 5, 2006. “Mad Cow Disease and U.S. Beef Trade” (pdf), updated December 6, 2006. The post Stray Bits from the Congressional Research Service appears on Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy.
Drugs Identified to Treat Prion Diseases Such As Creutzfeldt-Jakob
“Prion diseases” take their name from a specific class of misfolded proteins, prions, that cause harmful effects to the body. Including diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the human version of mad cow disease), they have had no effective treatment to date. A new, high-profile study has identified two drugs that may be useful to fight... [Continue Reading]
Just What Are Protective Prions?
Most commonly associated with such maladies as "mad cow disease" and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions are increasingly recognized for their ability to induce potentially beneficial traits in a variety of organisms, yeast chief among them. Show More Summary
Protective prion keeps yeast cells from going it alone
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (March 28, 2013) – Most commonly associated with such maladies as "mad cow disease" and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prions are increasingly recognized for their ability to induce potentially beneficial traits in a variety of organisms, yeast chief among them. read more
Unexploded Cow by James Ernest and Paul Peterson
Mad cow disease in Britain and old bombs in French fields… What to do? What to do? Oh, I know!
Your Afternoon Cry: Best 10-Year-Old Boy Ever Rescues Cat From Bullies
Oh, man. Maybe I have PMS or allergies or Mad Cow Disease or something, but of all the Morning/Afternoon Cries lately, this one reaaaally does it for me. More »
Humane Society Getting Its Way on “Downed” Veal Calves
For most of the past decade, “downer” cattle were kept out of the food supply because of concern that most were older cows, which are thought to be more susceptible to disease, especially Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease. That policy is spelled out in Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Notice 56.07, the... Continue Reading
Discovery may explain how prion diseases spread between different types of animals
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have made a discovery that may explain how prion diseases, like chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease, adapt in order to spread between various types of animals. The research team,...Show More Summary
Discovery may explain how prion diseases spread between different types of animals
Medical researchers have made a discovery that may explain how prion diseases, like chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease, adapt in order to spread between various types of animals.
The 20 Worst Albums of the '90s: The Complete List
Sure, you had the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal, OJ, Pakistan and India going nuclear, mad cow disease, the Rodney King decision, and Titanic. But what made the '90s truly awful was its music. Tha...
The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 10-1
The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 20-11
Sure, you had the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal, OJ, Pakistan and India going nuclear, mad cow disease, the Rodney King decision, and Titanic. But what made...
The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 20-11
Sure, you had the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal, OJ, Pakistan and India going nuclear, mad cow disease, the Rodney King decision, and Titanic. But what made the '90s truly awful was its music. That...
Risk of Mad Cow in U.S. Now Found To Be “Negligible”
A powerful world panel is recommending that the United States be dropped to the lower “negligible” risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease, an opinion praised by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. BSE is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that originates in cattle. It causes a spongy degeneration of the brain and... Continue Reading
Ag-Gag Laws Help Agribusiness Hide Health Risks in Your Food
In 2008, an undercover investigation led by the Humane Society led to the largest beef recall in history -- removing meat that may have been tainted with mad cow disease from school cafeterias around the country.
Now there's a business-backed...Show More Summary
Japan loosens restrictions on U.S. beef imports
Japan is loosening regulations on beef imports from the U.S. that had been in place for about a decade due to worries over mad cow disease.
Japan ease restrictions on US beef
The United States welcomed news that Japan has eased restrictions on beef imposed due to concerns over mad cow disease. ||| Washington - The United States on Monday welcomed news that Japan has eased restrictions on beef imposed due to concerns over mad cow disease, easing a decade-long row between the allies. Show More Summary
Hey Ron!: Hey Ron! Will the Flu Kill Me?
Hey Ron!
I picked up a newspaper yesterday and read all about the flu epidemic that’s going around. We’ve had swine flu, pig flu, bird flu, mad cow disease, and now this. Were the Mayans a few months off? Could this be the end, right here?
I ran to my neighborhood drug store, but the line for vaccines was all the way down to the diaper aisle. Show More Summary
Saudi Arabia bans Brazil beef imports on mad cow doubts
Saudi Arabia has suspended imports of Brazilian beef, Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, and became the largest country to stop purchases after confirmation of a 2010 case of atypical mad cow disease. The decision, confirmed by a ministry press official in Brasilia, follows Egypt’s ban of beef on Monday from Parana state, where a [...]
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