Filter could halt spread of vCJD (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A new blood filter device could in future prevent people being infected with the human form of mad cow disease through transfusions. [News Source]

Filter breakthrough to remove vCJD from donated blood (Guardian Unlimited) A filter to remove 'mad cow' disease from blood could be used by the National Blood Transfusion Service. [News Source]

Mad-cow disease: Experimental filter tackles risk from blood transfusion (AFP via Yahoo! News) Scientists have developed an experimental device that can filter out rogue prion proteins from the blood, in what they say is a major step towards ensuring the safety of blood donations from mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Hamster tests may reveal “mad cow” blood blocker (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Tests on hamsters may have revealed a way to block the transmission through blood transfusions of the human form of mad cow disease, a study in the medical journal the Lancet said on Friday. [News Source]

ORIGIN OF CANADIAN BSE COW UNKNOWN (Meat News) CANADA: Canadian authorities reportedly haven’t been able to determine where a cow that tested positive for mad cow disease was born. The Calgary Herald is reporting that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency hasn’t been able to trace Canada's eighth case of mad cow disease back to its birth farm. [News Source]