Prion filter may help reduce the risk of humans contracting ‘mad cow disease’ (The Scotsman) A NEW blood filter device could in future prevent people being infected with the human form of mad cow disease through transfusions, it was revealed yesterday. [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]

S. Korea says traces of toxic chemical found in US beef. South Korean officials, who have blocked three US beef shipments since officially lifting a ban on imports, said they found traces of dioxin in one of the shipments. [News Source]

NAIS mandate gets the ax. The USDA's National Animal Identification System (NAIS) three-step plan to establish a national animal identification and tracking program recently repealed its push to make the program mandatory. [News Source]

Filter could stop spread of vCJD through transfusion. A new blood filter device could in future prevent people being infected with the human form of mad cow disease through transfusions, it was revealed today. [News Source]

Hamster tests may reveal “mad cow” blood blocker. 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]

Filter removes mad cow proteins from blood. A new filtering device can remove dangerous "mad cow disease" proteins from blood. [News Source]

ProMetic shines on report of potential breakthrough (The Globe and Mail) The Lancet, a prestigious British medical journal, on Friday reported results of a potential breakthrough in removing the deadly prion protein responsible for the human form of mad-cow disease from contaminated blood. [News Source]

Filtering blood may block human mad cow in transfusions: study (CBC) Researchers may have found a way to block the spread of the human form of mad cow disease through blood transfusions by filtering the blood first, a new study shows. [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]