How does the prion protein clump? DNA-modulated liquid droplets may explain
(Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB)) Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in Brazil, have found that the prion protein (PrP) suffers liquid-liquid phase separation, and that this mechanism is finely controlled by some DNA sequences. This could explain the formation of irreversible clumping of PrP, structure responsible for neurodegenerative disorders, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Another Creutzfeldt-Jakob case diagnosed at Moncton Hospital
Diana Paterson is the third person this year to have cataract surgery at the Moncton Hospital, then go on to be diagnosed with Creuztfeld-Jakob disease. An infectious disease doctor says the surgery and the fatal disease aren't connected, and there's no cause for concern. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
Woman is 3rd person this year diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the Moncton Hospital
Diana Paterson is the third person this year to have cataract surgery at the Moncton Hospital, then go on to be diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. An infectious disease doctor says the surgery and the fatal disease aren't connected, and there's no cause for concern. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - November 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
Treat The Cow, Not The Herd: This Agtech Startup Wants To Prevent Overuse Of Antibiotics
Outside of Mad Cow disease, infectious disease outbreaks in livestock rarely make the news. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes Staff Source Type: news
Plasma transfusions from UK donors could be made available again for people born after 1996
Officials made the ruling in 2004 following the deaths of four people who got 'mad cow disease' from blood transfusions. It meant the NHS had to import blood from Austria and Poland. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blood transfusions from UK donors could be made available again for people born after 1996
Officials made the ruling in 2004 following the deaths of four people who got 'mad cow disease' from blood transfusions. It meant the NHS had to import blood from Austria and Poland. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
2 Alberta flocks quarantined after fatal disease related to mad cow found in a sheep
Two sheep flocks in central Alberta have been quarantined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for scrapie, a fatal disease that affects the central nervous system of both sheep and goats and is related to mad cow disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - July 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Mad cow disease UK: Could mad cow disease come back? What are the symptoms?
MAD COW DISEASE is a deadly illness which ravaged Britain in the 1980s and 90s. There are now fears it could make a comeback in the UK. What are the symptoms of mad cow disease and will there be another outbreak? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is Mad Cow Disease? And could CJD be about to make a comeback?
MAD COW DISEASE remains seemingly forgotten nearly 20 years after a deadly outbreak of the virus caused a crisis in the UK meat industry. Now scientists fear a resurgence of the disease in the British population. What is Mad Cow disease and could it make a comeback? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mad cow disease: A computational model reveals the mechanism of replication of prions
(Università di Trento) An article published in the journal PLOS Pathogens reports a realistic computational model for the structure and mechanism of replication of prions, infectious agents responsible for mad cow disease and other neurodegenerative disorders of human and animals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 11, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'I gave my daughter something which killed her'
Annie McVey’s teenage daughter died in 2000 from the human form of mad cow disease, vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Claire McVey died from the human form of mad cow disease vCJD
Annie McVey’s teenage daughter died in 2000 from the human form of mad cow disease, vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NIAID scientists develop 'mini-brain' model of human prion disease
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Scientists have used human skin cells to create what they believe is the first cerebral organoid system, or 'mini-brain,' for studying sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CJD is a fatal neurodegenerative brain disease of humans believed to be caused by infectious prion protein. The researchers, from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, hope the human organoid model will enable them to evaluate potential CJD therapeutics and provide greater detail about human prion disease subtypes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 14, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Brazil lifts suspension of beef exports to China
Brazil's government said on Thursday it has lifted a suspension of beef exports to China after dealing with an atypical case of mad cow disease, sending shares of Marfrig Global Foods, Minerva SA and other Brazilian meatpackers soaring. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Brazil halts beef exports to China after atypical mad cow case
Brazil has temporarily halted beef exports to China following an atypical case of mad cow disease in leading farm state Mato Grosso, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
