The Department of Health to probe use of bovine bone in dental treatment. The Department of Health (DOH) pledged yesterday to step up its inspections concerning the illegal use of bovine bone-based material in dental implant surgery, amid fears that such material may have been imported from mad cow disease-affected areas. [News Source]

Greek man dies from CJD brain disease, mad cow link ruled out (TODAYonline) University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) scientist Carsten Korth looks at the molecular structure of drugs being tested in a series of "mad cow" trials in 2001. A 46-year-old man in Greece has died from health complications related to the rare brain-debilitating disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) but there is no link to mad cow disease. [News Source]

Greek man dies from CJD brain disease, mad cow link ruled out (AFP via Yahoo! News) A 46-year-old man in Greece has died from health complications related to the rare brain-debilitating disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) but there is no link to mad cow disease, health officials said Saturday. [News Source]

Science & Technology News (Taiwan Headlines) The Department of Health pledged yesterday to step up inspections to prevent the illegal use of materials made from cattle bone in dental implant surgery, amid fears that such material may have been imported from regions affected by mad cow disease. [News Source]