US sees “real interest” in free trade deals with Malaysia, SKorea (TODAYonline) South Korean and US officials are at odds over Seoul's decision to ban three shipments of US beef over small bone fragments even though it has lifted a three-year import ban imposed following US cases of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Gene-engineered cattle resist BSE. US and Japanese scientists reported on Sunday that they had used genetic engineering to produce cattle that resist mad cow disease. [News Source]

Debut of prion-free cattle. By genetically engineering a dozen calves to be free from the prion proteins that cause mad cow disease, an international team of scientists may have created animals that are immune to the fatal brain disorder, known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [News Source]

Blood risk of vCJD highlighted (New Scientist) The tragedy of mad cow disease may not yet be over - a third person in the UK has died from vCJD after a blood transfusion [News Source]

Filter removes mad cow proteins from blood (New Scientist) Tests suggest the new device could prevent transmission of deadly prion disease via blood transfusions [News Source]

Blood risk of vCJD highlighted (New Scientist) The tragedy of mad cow disease may not yet be over - a third person in the UK has died from vCJD after a blood transfusion [News Source]