It is now clear that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known ... currently do not show symptoms are actually harboring the brain-destroying infectious prions. It used to be that prion ...

The BCCDC says the disease causes small holes to appear in the brain, “so that it resembles a sponge.” This is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy ... roughly one human rabies case ...

That’s when Wavrin learned that a single Holstein from his dairy was the first in the United States to test positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow, the terrorizing cattle ...

No evidence exists that any case of vCJD (considered to be the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy) has resulted from the administration of any vaccine product. Not all presentations ...

There have been more than 40 human cases in ... small holes to appear in the brain, “so that it resembles a sponge.” This is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease ...

In mouse studies, they found that compared to the bovine strain, the human strain replicated more efficiently, caused more severe disease and was found in much higher quantities in brain tissue.

For the first time, scientists have quantified how quickly the human brain is able to process any information and the results might not be as flattering as we might have previously believed.