BSE in sheep: first estimates of human death toll
Under Strict Embargo for 19:00 GMT / 14:00 US EST Wednesday 9 January 2002 BSE in sheep: first estimates of human death toll The first attempt to estimate the human health risk from possible BSE infection of the British sheep flock is published today by researchers from Imperial College, London. They show that while the present risk of... view more... (2002-01-08)
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 Microbiology Today Nicola Spence and Dez Barbara 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 recent workshop organised by the European Science... view more... (2008-04-09)
Prion study reveals first direct information about the protein's molecular structure
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. view more (2009-10-07)
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 neurodegenerative disorders. 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 have been uncertain, with the estimated upper... 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 their caution is that, despite intensive research, we... 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 contract will help us expand our search for... 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 the mad cow disease or bovine spongiform... 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)
Give the foie gras a miss
Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. view more (2009-02-10)
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 receive the medal January 16, at the 2005 WATOC... 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, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). 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: Interactions of Cells with Biomaterials Surfaces and... view more... (2003-05-29)
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