Drug ‘does not halt’ mad cow disease. An experimental treatment for vCJD which has been hailed as a wonder drug does not halt the disease, according to a study today. [News Source]

WHO Chief urges G8 to focus on diseases. The Group of Eight summit is a prime opportunity for world leaders to show they are seriously committed to fight the spread of infectious diseases. [News Source]

Japanese inspect work at Creekstone beef plant. Japanese auditors will soon conduct an inspection of the Creekstone Farms Premium Beef packing plant in preparation for lifting the ban on imports of U.S. beef. [News Source]

Drug hope for brain disease sufferers. Victims of the brain disease CJD were given new hope yesterday as medical experts ordered more research into a controversial drug which they agree had prolonged the lives of sufferers. [News Source]

Backyard farmers oppose national livestock registry. While hobby farmers are criticizing a federal program that will set up a tracking system for livestock, a state official said that the system is years away from being up and running. [News Source]

Test tube burger grows on you. Vladimir Mironov, a researcher in MUSC's cell biology and anatomy department, has developed a process that takes immature cells that develop into skeletal muscles from cows and grows them into big hunks of meat. [News Source]

CJD drug ‘does not halt advance’. A drug being given to Belfast variant CJD victim Jonathan Simms does not stop progression of the disease, the human form of mad cow disease, according to a new report. [News Source]

Mad cow suspected in animal born after ban. In an alarming development, the Canadian health authorities reported Tuesday that preliminary tests indicate mad cow disease felled a dairy cow born long after ground-up cattle remains were banned for use in feed. [News Source]

Mad cow case shows checks working. The discovery of yet another mad cow in Alberta is no cause for alarm, says Agriculture Minister Doug Horner. [News Source]

Mad cow suspected in Alberta dairy cow. Another suspected case of mad cow disease has surfaced, this time in a young dairy cow on a farm near Edmonton. [News Source]