Link found between Alzheimer’s, mad cow protein (San Francisco Chronicle) The latest in a recent flurry of clues on the workings of Alzheimer's disease comes from Yale University researchers who found a link between the disorder and the prion protein, which can cause mad cow disease and other maladies. The Yale team found that the... [News Source]

Link found between Alzheimer’s, mad cow protein (San Francisco Chronicle) The latest in a recent flurry of clues on the workings of Alzheimer's disease comes from Yale University researchers who found a link between the disorder and the prion protein, which can cause mad cow disease and other maladies. The Yale team found that the... [News Source]

SKorea’s Lee grappling with economy, NKorea (AP via Yahoo! Finance) President Lee Myung-bak built a reputation as a man who can get things done, fast. He paid his way through university working as a street cleaner, became a Hyundai CEO at the tender age of 35 and led the conglomerate's meteoric rise -- earning him the nickname "The Bulldozer." [News Source]

MAD COW: Va. man acquitted in farmer’s shooting death (The Daily Times) FLOYD — A Floyd County animal control officer charged with a farmer instead of a wayward cow has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. [News Source]

Mad Cow And Alzheimer’s Have Surprising Link (NPR) It turns out that both diseases involve something called a prion protein, a finding could one day lead to more effective treatments for Alzheimer's patients. [News Source]

Alzheimer’s Attack on Brain May Be Enabled by Nerve Protein (Bloomberg) Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A tiny protein on the surface of nerve cells in the brain may be the agent that enables the massive brain damage of Alzheimer’s disease , researchers at Yale University reported. [News Source]

Alzheimer’s Attack on Brain May Be Enabled by Nerve Protein (Bloomberg) Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A tiny protein on the surface of nerve cells in the brain may be the agent that enables the massive brain damage of Alzheimer’s disease , researchers at Yale University reported. [News Source]

Prions complicit in Alzheimer’s disease (Science News) Supposedly harmless version plays a role in neuron malfunction [News Source]

Canada’s beef industry calls on Ottawa to file trade challenge against U.S. Ottawa is challenging a final U.S. Country-Of-Origin-Labelling rule, which takes effect March 16. The rule would require all American meat companies to label beef with a sticker that states where the product came from. [News Source]