Targeting The Ribosome For Antiprion Medicines
New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, show that the key to treating neurodegenerative prion diseases such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may lie in the ribosome, the protein synthesis machinery of the cell. The results were recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolding of prion proteins. Examples of prion diseases are scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in human... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Source Type: news
The ribosome -- a new target for antiprion medicines
(Uppsala University) New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, show that the key to treating neurodegenerative prion diseases such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may lie in the ribosome, the protein synthesis machinery of the cell. The results were recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Six chemicals we consume in our food and drink that should be banned | Dr Mark Lorch
Last week BuzzFeed named eight food additives that should be banned in the US. Here are six equally deadly ones they missedLast week BuzzFeed published a list of eight foods that folks in the USA are eating but are banned in other parts of the world. The chemical community turned its venom on BuzzFeed. But I think BuzzFeed did a pretty good job of bringing the debate on chemicals in food to the fore. Don't believe the defence of food additives coming from the likes of Derek Lowe. After all he's part of the mainstream chemical conspiracy so he would defend chemicals wouldn't he?Before you go breathing a sigh of relief and g...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 28, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Dr Mark Lorch Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Food & drink Life and style Chemistry Environment Science Source Type: news
CJD Cases Not Linked To Food Consumption, Canada
The cases of confirmed and probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are not because of food consumption, Dr. Paul Van Buynder, Chief Medical Health Officer, Fraser Health, British Columbia, Canada announced in a public statement. Dr. Buynder expressed concern that social media, the press and TV are reporting the small number of possible CJD cases being investigated as being connected to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), otherwise known as "mad cow disease". Fraser Health has looked into six possible cases of CJD over the last twelve months... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Source Type: news
Safer mad cow rating could boost U.S. beef exports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has upgraded the United States' risk classification for mad cow disease to its safest level, which could increase U.S. beef exports, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Safer Mad Cow Rating Could Boost U.S. Beef Exports
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has upgraded the United States' risk classification for mad cow disease to its safest level, which could increase U.S. beef exports, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 29, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Family of man who died from vCJD calls for reform of blood donations
The family of a man who died from the human form of mad cow disease has urged the Government to reform the "totally inadequate" system of blood donations. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - April 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Up to 1,000 people could die from mad cow disease due to being given infected blood in hospitals
A new report carried out by the Government’s Health Protection Analytical Team has said that previous estimates have underplayed the prevalence of the disease lying dormant in the population. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mad cow infected blood 'to kill 1,000'
Up to 1,000 people could die of the human form of "mad cow" disease through infected blood given to them in British hospitals, ministers have been told. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - April 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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 by University of Missouri Professor of Engineering Shubhra Gangopadhyay's group may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate. The detection test also could accelerate warnings after bioterrorism attacks... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Food safety and bioterrorism defense may benefit from improved detection test developed at MU
(University of Missouri-Columbia) From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed by University of Missouri professor of engineering Shubhra Gangopadhyay's group may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate. The detection test also could accelerate warnings after bioterrorism attacks. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
First Potentially Effective Therapy For Human Prion Disease Identified
Human diseases caused by misfolded proteins known as prions are some of most rare yet terrifying on the planet - incurable with disturbing symptoms that include dementia, personality shifts, hallucinations and coordination problems. The most well-known of these is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which can be described as the naturally occurring human equivalent of mad cow disease... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Source Type: news
Scientists identify first potentially effective therapy for human prion disease
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have for the first time identified a pair of drugs already approved for human use that show anti-prion activity and, for one of them, great promise in treating rare and universally fatal disorders, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, caused by misfolded proteins called prions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
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. Now a team of scientists has added markedly to the job description of prions as agents of change, identifying a prion capable of triggering a transition in yeast from its conventional single-celled form to a cooperative, multicellular structure... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
Mad cow disease adaptation key found
EDMONTON, Alberta, March 17 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers discovered a minuscule change in prions' makeup appears to give mad cow disease the ability to adapt and spread to other animals. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
