Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a promising treatment being tested
Tested on six patients, this treatment would have stabilized the progression of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in half of them. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Mad cow disease: death of an INRAE retiree in Toulouse
The National Research Institute for Agriculture (INRAE) has confirmed the death of a retired employee, who had contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. ...
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Mad cow disease: researchers have found the origin of the disease
By studying prions, researchers in Toulouse have identified the origin of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as “mad cow disease”. ...
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Dementias: a new therapeutic target against prion diseases
The mechanisms of progression of prion diseases (Creutzfeldt-Jakob and mad cow disease) are now better understood with, finally, a potential ...
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Ardennes: the mad cow case confirmed
The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed a case of mad cow in a cattle farm in the Ardennes. The potential ...
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Mad cow: a hope of treatment
Researchers have developed a compound capable of blocking the accumulation of prions in the brain responsible for mad cow disease. ...
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New case of mad cow disease in Ireland
A case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been reported in Ireland. The alert threshold for this disease had just been ...
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Mad cow: negligible health risk for France
France, alongside five other European countries, has just seen its health risk concerning mad cow disease reduced to a minimum.It ...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob: 1 Briton in 2000 carrying the disease
The frequency of infection with the prion protein in the British population is higher than previously thought. However, it is ...
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Choose your milk according to your needs
What is the most energetic milk? The least caloric? To help you, Dr Patrick Serog analyzes the nutritional composition of ...
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