Species barrier may protect macaques from chronic wasting disease (EurekAlert!) ( NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ) Data from an ongoing study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious agent to spread to people. The study appears online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. [News Source]

Species Barrier May Protect Macaques from Chronic Wasting Disease (National Institutes of Health) Data from an ongoing multi-year study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease (CWD) may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious agent to spread to people. [News Source]

JOSEPH CONNOLLY: Russian towards the steak house (The Ham&High Network) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was looming large in the doom-laden media, you might have thought twice about opening a restaurant dedicated to the glory of beef in Maddox Street. [News Source]

Trudi Pratt: Locally grown food becoming more popular (The Record Searchlight) Do you have your own "family rancher"? A lot of customers of Dan and Malinda Martin feel like they do. The Martins are trying to surf the trend toward eating more locally produced food, the benefits of which can include better health and a smaller carbon footprint. [News Source]

Cue & A with comedian J. Scott Homan (Peoria Journal Star) When J. Scott Homan isn't building a new deck, watching cable or selling his family heirlooms on eBay, you can see him on stage, hurdling through his talking points and firing off jokes in his strong Southern accent. [News Source]

Local feed demand chews into grain exports (Queensland Country Life) GROWTH in the domestic feedstock industry will eat into grain exports from Australia’s east coast, according to Ridley Corp chief John Murray. [News Source]

Local feed demand chews into grain exports (The Age) Growth in the domestic feedstock industry will eat into grain exports from Australia&'s east coast, according to Ridley Corp chief John Murray. [News Source]

Creighton University Receives $1.4 Million Grant (KOLN Lincoln) Creighton University is receiving a $1.4 million grant to continue its study of one of the factors believed to be involved in a disease killing wild and captive deer and elk. [News Source]

NBAF perfect for Manhattan, K-State communities (Kansas State Collegian) Most people know the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility as NBAF, and it’s all I’ve heard about since I stepped on campus last fall. I truly believe that it will be great for our university. [News Source]

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]