Researchers discover how prion protein damages brain cells (News-Medical-Net) Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue. [News Source]

New findings made in prion disease studies (redOrbit) U.S. [News Source]

Protein Branded As Culprit in Mad Cow Disease (Health Scout) Misfolded protein kicks off brain cell damage, lab study finds. [News Source]

Protein Branded As Culprit in Mad Cow Disease (ABC 7 El Paso) THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Mad cow disease and similar conditions may start with one protein that somehow goes astray and deprives the healthy... [News Source]

Protein Branded As Culprit in Mad Cow Disease (Forbes) Misfolded protein kicks off brain cell damage, lab study finds [News Source]

NIH Researchers Discover How Prion Protein Damages Brain Cells (National Institutes of Health) Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue. [News Source]

New findings made in prion disease studies (UPI) BETHESDA, Md., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have determined how prion proteins responsible for mad cow disease and related illnesses destroy healthy brain tissue. [News Source]

Protein Branded As Culprit in Mad Cow Disease (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Mad cow disease and similar conditions may start with one protein that somehow goes astray and deprives the healthy brain cells of another essential protein, researchers say. [News Source]

500 cattle seized for Farm Credit Canada debt (CBC Prince Edward Island) Trouble in the beef industry hit one P.E.I. farmer hard Wednesday when Farm Credit Canada seized his entire herd. [News Source]

Un-cowed (San Diego Reader) La Jolla’s Scripps Research Institute, which has built a $187 million branch on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, has become a target of students there opposing animal research. [News Source]