Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]

Alzheimer’s prevention role discovered for prions (PhysOrg) A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer`s disease. The possible function for the mysterious proteins was discovered by a team of scientists led by Medical Research Council funded scientist Professor Nigel ... [News Source]

Genesis Bioventures Announces Letter of Intent for Sales and Distribution of Mad Cow Test Product in China (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----Genesis Bioventures, Inc. today announced that BioBDC, the Company's exclusive agent for sales and distribution of Prion Developmental Laboratories' Rapid BSE assay for Mad Cow testing for the Pacific Rim, received a Letter of Intent from Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co., Ltd. in Beijing, to sell and distribute the Rapid BSE test kits throughout China. [News Source]

Nolan Ryan to make sales pitch for U.S. beef in Japan (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Hall of Fame major league baseball player Nolan Ryan will be visiting Japan this month in a new role -- to make a sales pitch for beef from the United States, now struggling to regain its former position as a top supplier. [News Source]