It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known ... both at the organismal and the molecular level. Prions are unusual infectious agents in that they do not contain any ...

The diseases include Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE ... Until a nucleic acid is found or a mechanism for protein-only replication demonstrated ...

Since 1996, 177 people have died from vCJD, while over four million cows were destroyed to prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The issue is explored in a new BBC ...

China, South Korea, and the Philippines have temporarily halted imports of Canadian beef where an “atypical” case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease ...

A single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - commonly known as mad cow disease - has been identified on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish government said movement ...

The Scottish government have confirmed a single case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This follows a case earlier in the year which ...