New prion protein ‘Shadoo’ discovered - may offer insight into mad cow disease (News-Medical-Net) Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. [News Source]

Discovery Of New Prion Protein May Offer Insight Into Mad Cow Disease (Medical News Today) Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. "Our team has defined a second prion protein called 'Shadoo', that exists in addition to the well-known prion protein called 'PrP' " said Professor David Westaway, director of the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Scientists Convert Poultry Litter Into Environmentally Friendly Bio-oil (Science Daily) Researchers are providing a safer, more environmentally friendly solution to waste disposal. A biological systems engineer is developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry litter into bio-oil, providing an economical disposal system while reducing environmental effects and biosecurity issues. [News Source]

Thermochemical process converts poultry litter into bio-oil (EurekAlert!) Foster Agblevor, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading the team of researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ( www.cals.vt.edu ) at Virginia Tech ( www.vt.edu ) developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry litter into bio-oil, providing an economical disposal system while reducing environmental effects and biosecurity issues. [News Source]

A decent budget can’t cover Mad Cow’s problems (Orlando Sentinel) Mad Cow's $600,000-a-year budget probably looks like high finance to its two smaller colleagues. But this two-stage complex on Magnolia Avenue is in jeopardy unless the theater's management -- Alan Bruun and general manager Mitzi Maxwell, who are husband and wife -- can find somebody to help them pay their rent. When Mad Cow moved to its current location, a Cameron Kuhn-owned office building, in ... [News Source]

A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW (Orlando Sentinel) A new performing-arts center might provide little help to Orlando's suffering theater groups. Now that Orange County commissioners have given the go-ahead to a downtown Orlando performing-arts center, the public might jump to the conclusion that Orlando's arts groups have it made. Or do they? [News Source]

A decent budget can’t cover Mad Cow’s problems (Orlando Sentinel) Mad Cow's $600,000-a-year budget probably looks like high finance to its two smaller colleagues. But this two-stage complex on Magnolia Avenue is in jeopardy unless the theater's management -- Alan Bruun and general manager Mitzi Maxwell, who are husband and wife -- can find somebody to help them pay their rent. When Mad Cow moved to its current location, a Cameron Kuhn-owned office building, in ... [News Source]