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Reactive Reports
September 2005
David Bradley |
When Good Turns Bad Prions, the protein-like pathogens at the heart of the fatal brain disorder CJD, so-called mad cow disease, and related diseases can rapidly "remodel" good proteins into bad, according to US scientists, who have demonstrated this for the first time in living cells.   |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
Controlling prion folding US scientists report that prions, infamously linked to mad cow disease, have crucial subsections that control their behavior, including whether or not they can cross between species. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Richard Saltus |
A Silver Lining Sure, some prions can cause diseases, but others are turning out to be beneficial. |
Nutra Solutions
April 1, 2005 |
Mad Cow May Help Solve Alzheimer's Alberta will spend millions to combat Mad Cow Disease, which may possibly aid the research efforts to understand Alzheimer's Disease. |
Salon.com
October 29, 2000
Terry Allen |
Instruments of death Eight Louisiana surgery patients are exposed to a mysterious fatal illness despite sterilized equipment... |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
Mad Cow's Stubborn Mystery Scientists still know far too little about the disease -- and the feds are making rules in the dark. Many uncertainties are in the spotlight right now as the Agriculture Dept. prepares to resume trading of some live cows and packaged beef with Canada. |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2008
Mark Peplow |
vCJD filter for blood could be in use 'by summer' ProMetic's prion filter, attached to a blood pack, is being marketed by French medical equipment company MacoPharma to clean blood of the proteins responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). |
Reactive Reports
Issue 75
David Bradley |
Chasing Down Mad Cows Researchers in Europe have tracked down the molecular anchor that hooks errant and infectious prions leading to mad cow disease in sheep. |
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2008
Morgan Lord |
Are Tainted Tomatoes, Beef and Lemons Worth the Food Fright? Some of the country's leading health experts put everyday food threats in perspective, so you don't have to worry with every bite. |
Popular Mechanics
January 8, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
How to Stop a Daybreakers-Style Vampire Epidemic As far-fetched as the "disease" may be, there are certain steps doctors, scientists and officials always take when analyzing an outbreak. |
Chemistry World
May 30, 2006
Michael Gross |
A Physiological Role for Healthy Prions Researchers have shown that the healthy version of the scrapie pathogen helps maintain the optimum concentration of copper ions in the cell. |
Food Processing
June 2012
Eric Mittenthal |
Inside the Latest U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease The April discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy only proves safeguards are working. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2012
Nicole Kresge |
Locating a Genetic Glitch A team of 41 scientists led by HHMI investigator Louis Ptacek has pinpointed the gene responsible for a rare disease that causes sudden, uncontrollable movements. The culprit is a little known protein that may be responsible for communication between neurons. |
Salon.com
December 8, 2000
Frank Browning |
Mad cow madness Hysteria over infected cattle has overtaken France -- and the rest of Europe may not be far behind... |
Food Engineering
March 6, 2006
Richard F. Stier |
Why can't scientists communicate science? Poor media coverage and a lack of consumer education feed fear about our nation's food supply. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Airplane Air As if the fear of terrorism, turbulence or mechanical failure were not enough, airplane passengers still have to contend with the fear of microbial invasion. |
