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Microbiology Today: Discovering the secrets of extraordinary life forms
Not long ago, the discovery of viruses revolutionized our thinking about the lower limits of microscopic life. Now even small strands of RNA are found to be infectious in plants, and proteins are believed to cross the species barrier and cause brain disease. In the November 2000 issue of... view more (2000-11-13)

Europe develops new technologies to boost health of livestock
A range of new technologies including genetic modification (GM) and RNA Interference are being deployed to improve the health of farm animals in a series of European and global initiatives. The ground was laid for a European platform to develop new treatments that exploit these technologies at a... view more (2008-04-09)

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is devoted to metal ions and neurodegenerative diseases
The recent issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 8, Issue 2) published by IOS Press is devoted to "Metal Ions and Neurodegenerative Diseases" and presents a collection of important papers dedicated to uncovering the role of various metals in human neurophysiology and... view more (2006-01-13)

Scientists predict swift end to vCJD epidemic
As few as 40 people over the next 80 years could die from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) as a consequence of eating BSE infected meat. Researchers from Imperial College, London published their new predictions in BMC Infectious Diseases. Previous estimates of the size of the vCJD epidemic... view more (2003-05-19)

Using plastics to track down prions
BSE still remains a highly emotive subject. Consumers of beef products are not the only ones to have lingering doubts: Scientific experts point out that there may still be a risk of contamination from the cinders and ashes left over when infected animal carcasses are incinerated. The reason for... view more (2002-06-07)

Scientists step up search for BSE test
Research aimed at finding new diagnostic tests for BSE is gathering momentum at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), where scientists have won a major research contract worth over £500,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). `The new... view more (2002-04-04)

Discoveries should aid research into cause of ALS
Two teams of researchers at Northwestern University have found a novel pathological hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the molecular level.   view more (2006-04-26)

Protein involved in mad cow disease
This study, published in Brain Research, is an addition to the work of the Department of Pathological Histology and Anatomy at the University of Navarra regarding the manner in which prions enter the digestive tube of bovine animals, from which organ they enter the central nervous system, causing... view more (2005-10-19)

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)

UIC chemists characterize Alzheimer's neurotoxin structure
Amyloid plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, are clumps of fiber-like misfolded proteins which many experts think cause this devastating neurodegenerative disease.   view more (2007-12-04)

EPFL Scientist wins Dirac medal of the World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists
EPFL Chemistry Professor Ursula Roethlisberger has won this year's Dirac medal, a prestigious award given annually to the "most outstanding theoretically oriented chemist in the world under the age of 40", by the World Association for Theoretically Oriented Chemists (WATOC). Dr. Roethlisberger will... view more (2005-01-13)

Compound in wine reduces levels of Alzheimer's disease-causing peptides
A study published in the November 11 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that resveratrol, a compound found in grapes and red wine, lowers the levels of the amyloid-beta peptides which cause the telltale senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2005-11-04)

LGC wins DEFRA contract to screen cattle for the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prion
LGC, the leading UK independent analytical laboratory for chemical, biochemical and DNA-based analysis, has been awarded a major UK Government contract to provide bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) testing on certain categories of cattle aged over 30 months for the Department for Environment,... view more (2001-11-21)

Double research boost for tissue engineering community
The UK Department of Trade and Industry has recently awarded two biomaterial research projects to a consortium comprising the University of Brighton (School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences), the National Physical Laboratory and Queen Mary College, University of London. The projects:... view more (2003-05-29)

First high-res 3D structures of mammalian HSP90 protein solved
Dr. Dan Gewirth, Hauptman-Woodward senior research scientist, has just solved the structure of the first mammalian GRP94 protein implicated in immune diseases such as sepsis, AIDS and certain cancers.   view more (2007-10-15)

Nature press release for 16 August issue
[412736] LIFELINES: SIEVING FOR STEM CELL GOLD (pp736-739; N&V) Researchers hunting for the elusive stem cell in adult brains narrow the search to a small pool of suspects in this week’s Nature. Adult brain stem cells offer hope for tissue replacement in brain injury and degenerative... view more (2001-08-16)

New technology to speed up research into Huntington's disease
A new tool developed at Cambridge University represents a breakthrough in the race to find treatments to help sufferers with Huntington's disease.   view more (2006-10-09)

EC funds new wave of TSE-related research projects and extends Inventory of TSE research to Eastern and Central European countries
Following an invitation to scientists to submit their proposals for research projects on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE), 15 research projects on BSE and related encephalopathies have been short-listed for funding with a European Commission contribution of EUR21.5 million. This... view more (2002-04-10)
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