Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion (Medical News Today)
Saturday January 10th 2009, 7:11 am

Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. The cause of the disease is a prion protein, and absorption from the intestine is assumed to be the natural route of infection. Lymphatic tissue associated with the intestine is important for the early accumulation of prion protein and its subsequent spread to the central nervous system. [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News)
Saturday January 10th 2009, 2:40 am

Monday: Right lane Rockland-bound closed from milepost 13.1 to 16.1, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. [News Source]

Korea rising (WorldNetDaily)
Saturday January 10th 2009, 1:05 am

What if you slept? And what if in your sleep you dreamed? And what if in your dream, you went to heaven? And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? [News Source]