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Clinical symptoms may aid early diagnosis of variant CJD
The possibility of a large epidemic of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cannot be excluded, and doctors may see patients who are worried about the possibility of this diagnosis. A study in this week’s BMJ provides a comprehensive description of the early psychiatric and neurological features of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to aid early... view more... (2002-06-19)
BSE link to new variant CJD is open to question
The link between the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prion and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is open to question, argues George Venters, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, in this week's BMJ. He applied standard criteria - used to establish links between cause and disease - to the case for the BSE prion being the cause of new... view more... (2001-10-09)
New insights into the diversity of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agents
Researchers from the United Kingdom and France have identified four separate biochemical subgroups in a selection of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. view more (2008-03-18)
Seven UK cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with transplanted human tissue
Seven cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) associated with transplanted human tissue have occurred in the UK over a period of 33 years, reveals a study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. view more (2006-04-20)
Farmed fish may pose risk for 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. view more (2009-06-16)
Prion disease agent causes heart damage in mouse study
These findings raise the possibility that heart infection could be a new aspect of prion diseases, including those that affect humans and livestock, and that these diseases could travel through the blood. view more (2006-07-10)
Changes in urine could lead to BSE test for live animals
Researchers have demonstrated that protein levels in urine samples can indicate both the presence and progress of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease in cattle. view more (2008-09-08)
New Diagnostic Test for New Variant Creudzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Date: Thursday 14 January 1999 view more (1999-01-14)
K-State professor's USDA research shows mad cow disease also caused by genetic mutation
New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. view more (2008-09-12)
First Case Of Variant CJD In Italy
A research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET describes the first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in Italy. Up to May 2002 there have been 126 cases of vCJD reported in the UK, France, and Ireland. The woman, aged 25 years was admitted to hospital last November. She had never travelled to any of these countries, and had... view more... (2002-09-25)
Language support is important for children with autism
Teachers and parents must be vigilant in observing difficulties with language comprehension, reading and spelling in children and young people with autism, Asperger's syndrome and ADHD. view more (2009-11-10)
Urgent need for more research into prevalence of CJD
The first estimate of the number of people who are at increased risk of vCJD, but who have not developed symptoms, is published in this week`s BMJ. Researchers studied specimens from appendicectomies and tonsillectomies carried out between 1995 and 1999. They also examined samples removed at autopsy or during surgery from... view more... (2002-09-18)
Larger blood reserves needed for ageing population
Larger reserves of blood will be needed as the population ages, predict researchers in this week's BMJ. They recorded the use of nearly 10,000 units of red blood cells from all NHS hospital blood banks in the north of England. More than half (52%) of all units were given to medical patients, 41% to surgical patients, and 6% to obstetric and... view more... (2002-10-09)
Action needed to prevent spread of vCJD
Urgent action is needed to protect the public from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a senior member of the Medical Research Council writes in this week's BMJ. Dr Sheila Bird argues that the death of the first probable victim of vCJD from a blood transfusion means that steps must be taken to define the rights and responsibilities of those... view more... (2004-01-17)
A clue to core problem of neurodegenerative disease and cell death
Misfolded and damaged proteins are common to all human neurodegenerative diseases. Clumps of these aggregated proteins destroy neurons within the brain and cause disease. view more (2006-02-10)
Fears raised over link between human growth hormone and CJD
Further cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) disease could arise as a result of human growth hormone treatment, even after low doses, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. view more (2002-05-20)
Brain power goes green
Our brains, it turns out, are eco-friendly. A study published in Science and reviewed by F1000 Biology members Venkatesh Murthy and Jakob Sorensen reveals that our brains have the amazing ability to be energy efficient. view more (2009-10-15)
Scientists find the pathological prion protein in skeletal muscles of hamster with scrapie
In the May 2003 issue of EMBO reports, researchers from the German Robert Koch Institute in Berlin report finding the pathological prion protein PrPSc in a wide range of skeletal muscles after feeding hamsters with prion-infected food. PrPSc is believed to be an essential - if not the sole - constituent of the agent that causes BSE in cattle,... view more... (2003-04-10)
Blood transfusion-transmitted infections: A global perspective
Thanks to the many blood-safety interventions introduced since 1984, the overall risk for most transfusion-transmitted infections has become exceedingly small. view more (2006-09-28)
Spatial Molecular Structure of the Bovine Prion Protein Decoded at the ETH Zurich
The healthy prion proteins of humans and bovine cattle are very similar. It therefore appears, that transmission of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) to humans might be rationalized on the level of the molecular structure. This is reported by a research team from the Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics of the ETH Zurich (The Swiss Federal Institute... view more... (2000-07-11)
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