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Prestigious Dementia Research Honor For Two UCSF Scientists

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Two UCSF scientists have been selected for the American Academy of Neurology's prestigious Potamkin Prize, for their "outstanding achievements" in research on dementias. Bruce Miller, MD, W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology, and Lennart Mucke, MD, Joseph B... ...

read more Two UCSF scientists have been selected for the American Academy of Neurology's prestigious Potamkin Prize, for their read more Fri Mar 2010

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc./vCJD Infection: A Continuing Threat To Public Health

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ("vCJD") remains 'a very real and continuing threat to public health and recent developments strongly support predictions of second and third waves of long incubation vCJD' commented Dr Robert Rohwer, Director, Molecular Neurovirology Laboratory and Associate Profes ...

read more Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ( read more Wed Feb 2010

'Lifeless' Prions Capable Of Evolutionary Change And Adaptation Shown By Scripps Florida Scientists

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian evolution... ...

read more Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined for the first time that prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, are capable of Darwinian evolution... read more Mon Jan 2010

Leeds Research Finds New Piece Of BSE Puzzle

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
New research funded mainly through the Wellcome Trust with additional support from the Medical Research Council shows that a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer. The research carried out by scientist ...

read more New research funded mainly through the Wellcome Trust with additional support from the Medical Research Council shows that a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer. The research carried out by scientist read more Tue Nov 2009

Brain Disease "Resistance Gene" Could Offer Insights Into CJD

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans an ...

read more A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans an read more Tue Nov 2009

SaBTO Recommends Use Of P-Capt(R) Prion Reduction Filter To Protect Children From VCJD Blood Transmission

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI) ("ProMetic") and MacoPharma SA ("MacoPharma") announce that the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs ("SaBTO"), an independent Committee that advises the UK Department of Health ("DoH"), has recommended the adoption of the P-Capt® prio ...

read more ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI) ( read more Tue Nov 2009

Researchers Find New Piece Of BSE Puzzle

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds. The team has found that a protein called Glypican-1 plays a key role in the devel ...

read more A new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer based on new results from scientists at the University of Leeds. The team has found that a protein called Glypican-1 plays a key role in the devel read more Tue Nov 2009

First Direct Information About The Prion's Molecular Structure Reported

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the cl ...

read more A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions and the cl read more Sun Oct 2009

Why Younger People Are More At Risk Of vCJD

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Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant CJD, scientists believe. Patients diagnosed with variant CJD are, on average, 28 years old but it has been unclear why older people are not as affected by the disease. ...

read more Specific cells within the immune system could help explain why younger people are more susceptible to variant CJD, scientists believe. Patients diagnosed with variant CJD are, on average, 28 years old but it has been unclear why older people are not as affected by the disease. read more Sun Oct 2009

Impaired Transport In Neurons Triggers Prion Disease

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of WÃƒÂ¼rzburg, expand our understanding of the development of prio ...

read more A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of WÃƒÂ¼rzburg, expand our understanding of the development of prio read more Tue Aug 2009

Coroners Reluctant To Test For vCJD, UK News

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
According to BBC News, coroners in England and Wales are reluctant to carry out tests for vCJD because it is outside their scope of their job and might undermine their neutrality, despite pleas from scientists and the government that this might be the only effective way to determine how many ...

read more According to BBC News, coroners in England and Wales are reluctant to carry out tests for vCJD because it is outside their scope of their job and might undermine their neutrality, despite pleas from scientists and the government that this might be the only effective way to determine how many read more Fri Aug 2009

EFSA Advises On Welfare Of Dairy Cows

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
EFSA's Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has published five scientific opinions and a scientific report on the overall effects of the most relevant farming systems on the welfare of dairy cows and related diseases. The Panel concluded that long term genetic selection for higher milk yield an ...

read more EFSA's Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) has published five scientific opinions and a scientific report on the overall effects of the most relevant farming systems on the welfare of dairy cows and related diseases. The Panel concluded that long term genetic selection for higher milk yield an read more Sat Jul 2009

Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food supply. Friedland and his co-authors suggest farmed fish could transmit Creu ...

read more University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food supply. Friedland and his co-authors suggest farmed fish could transmit Creu read more Sat Jul 2009

Prevalence Of Variant CJD Agent In Britain Remains Uncertain

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unable so far to establish that the prevalence is lower than that given by previous estimates, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. ...

read more First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unable so far to establish that the prevalence is lower than that given by previous estimates, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. read more Sat Jul 2009

Research Will Lead To Better Understanding Of Genetic Basis Of Disease

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health have announced that an international consortium of researchers has published the genome of domestic cattle, the first livestock mammal to have its genetic blueprint sequenced and analyzed. The landmark research will bolster eff ...

read more The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health have announced that an international consortium of researchers has published the genome of domestic cattle, the first livestock mammal to have its genetic blueprint sequenced and analyzed. The landmark research will bolster eff read more Wed May 2009

Redefining What It Means To Be A Prion

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Whitehead Institute researchers have quintupled the number of identifiable prion proteins in yeast and have further clarified the role prions play in the inheritance of both beneficial and detrimental traits. ...

read more Whitehead Institute researchers have quintupled the number of identifiable prion proteins in yeast and have further clarified the role prions play in the inheritance of both beneficial and detrimental traits. read more Wed May 2009

Prion Switching In Response To Environmental Stress

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
If you have had a hard day at work, you may change your eating habits, perhaps favoring comfort food, but you don't suddenly develop the ability to eat the plate and cutlery. ...

read more If you have had a hard day at work, you may change your eating habits, perhaps favoring comfort food, but you don't suddenly develop the ability to eat the plate and cutlery. read more Fri Mar 2009

National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 16th Annual Report For 2007 And Scientific Report, UK

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
The Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) is published today. The report looks back over the period from May 1990 (when the Unit was set up) to 31 December 2007. The report outlines the Unit's work in the clinical surveillance of variant (vCJD), ...

read more The Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit (NCJDSU) is published today. The report looks back over the period from May 1990 (when the Unit was set up) to 31 December 2007. The report outlines the Unit's work in the clinical surveillance of variant (vCJD), read more Fri Mar 2009

Variant CJD And Blood Transfusion

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
Until recently the risk of developing CJD as a consequence of a blood transfusion was a theoretical concern. However, in December 2003 a patient died from vCJD after receiving a blood transfusion from a donor who subsequently also had vCJD. Since then, three further patients have been identified. On ...

read more Until recently the risk of developing CJD as a consequence of a blood transfusion was a theoretical concern. However, in December 2003 a patient died from vCJD after receiving a blood transfusion from a donor who subsequently also had vCJD. Since then, three further patients have been identified. On read more Fri Mar 2009

Hot On The Heels Of The Mad Cow Pathogen - First Synthetic Anchored Prion

Categorie : CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease
In the mid-90s, mad cow disease was on everyone's lips and the front page of every newspaper. What made the epizootic outbreak so alarming was the as-sumption that a mutation of the fatal Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (vCJD) could be triggered in humans through the consumption of BSE-infected beef. In bo ...

read more In the mid-90s, mad cow disease was on everyone's lips and the front page of every newspaper. What made the epizootic outbreak so alarming was the as-sumption that a mutation of the fatal Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (vCJD) could be triggered in humans through the consumption of BSE-infected beef. In bo read more Fri Mar 2009

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