Common Soil Mineral Degrades The Nearly Indestructible Prion (Science Daily) In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town. Warped pathogens that lack both DNA and RNA, prions are believed to cause such fatal brain ailments as chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and moose, mad cow disease in cattle, scrapie in sheep and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Now researchers have found that a common soil mineral, an ... [News Source]

6 acquitted in French trial over hormone deaths. A French court acquitted six doctors and pharmacists Wednesday in the deaths of at least 114 people who contracted a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones. [News Source]

UW finding could be ‘first step’ in fight against chronic wasting disease prion. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison might have found a chink in one of biology's most fearsome infectious agents: the prion. [News Source]

FDA Issues Final Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals (Health Scout) Consumer labeling is not required for foods from these animals, agency says. [News Source]

FDA Issues Final Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued its final regulations governing the approval of genetically engineered animals. [News Source]

FDA Issues Final Regulations for Genetically Engineered Animals (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued its final regulations governing the approval of genetically engineered animals. [News Source]

6 acquitted in French trial over hormone deaths. A French court acquitted six doctors and pharmacists Wednesday in the deaths of at least 114 people who contracted a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones. [News Source]

UW finding could be ‘first step’ in fight against chronic wasting disease prion. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison might have found a chink in one of biology's most fearsome infectious agents: the prion. [News Source]

FDA to adopt more transparent process for GE animals (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it would make the process it uses to approve genetically engineered animals more transparent, but consumer groups expressed concern the government was not going far enough to protect the pubic. [News Source]

FDA to adopt more transparent process for GE animals (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it would make the process it uses to approve genetically engineered animals more transparent, but consumer groups expressed concern the government was not going far enough to protect the pubic. [News Source]