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Alzheimer's Disease Transmittable

seren3 @seren3 (387) • Los Angeles, California 24 Sep 15

A protein, TDP-43, functions in the manner of poisonous and infectious proteins called prions, which cause the brain destruction that occurs in Mad Cow and Chronic Wasting Disease. They are found in animal products - blood and...

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New Human "Mad Cow" Disease in US?

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 11 Jul 08

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7497867.stm I was beginning to think this disease had gone away,but it seems not..It seems There may be a new strain of the "Mad Cow" (bovine) or CJD (Human) Disease in the US..Have You seen or...

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How do you get mad cow disease from sterilized medical equippment

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 9 Apr 08

There is a story ( http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348551,00.html ) in today's news about a 22 year old woman who contracted the actual mad cows disease during a gastric by pass. First off, how is the Creutzfeldt-Jakob...

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Signs your cow has mad-cow disease.....

cradleOFjheffd @cradleOFjheffd (920) • Philippines 1 Mar 07

Your cow insists on wearing a little A-1 sauce behind each ear as cologne. She refuses to let you milk her, saying "Not on the first date." Your cow takes up painting and cuts off one of its ears. Your cow gets a silicon...

Cows engineered to lack mad cow disease

allohah @allohah (52) • Philippines 2 Jan 07

SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting disease. An international team of...