Creighton Gets Grant to Continue Study on Prion Diseases (Newswise) Creighton gets $1.4 million NIH grant to continue study of prion diseases. In 2007, Creighton researchers were the first to report that prion disease in laboratory animals could be spread by inhalation of the agent into the nasal cavity. [News Source]

Which is worse, germs in our food or the antibiotics that kill them? (Online Journal) Recent recalls of pathogen tainted milk, meat, chicken and cheese make you wonder if E.coli, campylobacter, salmonella and listeria are the new four food groups. [News Source]