Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Creutzfeldt-Jakob, 'Mad Cow' blood test now on the horizon

(Medical Xpress)—A simple blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Mad Cow disease is a step closer, following a breakthrough by medical researchers at the University of Melbourne.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Report: Mad cow in California was isolated case

(AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a California Holstein discovered in April with mad cow disease was an isolated case and posed no threat to the food supply.

Medical research

New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures

(Medical Xpress) -- Yale Cancer Center scientists have developed a new class of proteins that inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures and may open the way to new strategies for treating and preventing infection by the virus ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Finding brings scientists one step closer to Parkinson's drug

Van Andel Institute announces that researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published a study detailing how Parkinson's disease spreads through the brain. Experiments in rat models uncover a process previously used to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies

(AP) -- Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Indonesia keeps US beef ban amid mad cow fears

Indonesia will not lift a ban on certain US beef imports until the United States declares the products free from mad cow disease, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.

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