A novel approach in the molecular differentiation of prion strains (EurekAlert!) A team from the French Food Safety Agency, Lyon, France, has identified a prion protein characteristic that is unique to some natural but unusual sheep scrapie cases. This finding, reported Aug. 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, may provide a novel method by which to study prion diversity and their possible changes during cross-species transmission. [News Source]

French fried fuel. In the past it's been a small group of ardent environmentalists who have run their diesel vehicles on old cooking oil. But there are signs the ranks of the fringe group are now swelling. [News Source]

Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusions, According To Animal Study (Science Daily) Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted in an effort to reduce this risk during blood transfusions. [News Source]

Variant of mad cow disease may be transmitted by blood transfusions, according to animal study (PhysOrg) Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted in an effort to reduce this risk during blood transfusions. According to a study in sheep prepublished online in Blood, the official journal of the ... [News Source]

Variant of mad cow disease may be transmitted by blood transfusions, according to animal study (EurekAlert!) Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted in an effort to reduce this risk during blood transfusions. [News Source]

Bait ban crippling to sellers (The Saginaw News) Deer hunters are going to need extra finesse to nab their quarry this fall, while sellers of deer feed will feel pain in their pockets. The state Department of Natural Resources is banning all baiting and feeding of deer and elk in the Lower Peninsula. [News Source]

U.S Beef Exports to Russia Strengthen (The Morning News) SPRINGDALE -- Russians have rediscovered a taste for U.S. beef in recent months after going without it for almost four years. [News Source]

Hunters must take baiting ban seriously (Detroit Free Press) If you care about deer hunting, you will heed the Department of Natural Resources' ban on baiting in the Lower Peninsula following the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease at a captive deer facility in Kent County. [News Source]