Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer (MedicineNet.com) Title: Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer Category: Health News Created: 8/18/2009 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2009 [News Source]

Prion Protein Identified As Novel Early Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker (Science Daily) Mad cow disease is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal protein, the prion, in the brain of an affected patient. Outside of the brain, very little is known about prions. Researchers have, for the first time, identified the prion as a biomarker for pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers in humans; the five year survival rate is less than 10 percent. [News Source]

Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer (KTVN Reno) TUESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Prion, an abnormal protein, is a biomarker of early pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. Prion accumulation causes mad cow disease, but very little is known about prions outside of the brain. [News Source]

Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer (Forbes) 'Prion' could become diagnostic tool, researcher says [News Source]

Abnormal Protein May Signal Pancreatic Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) TUESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Prion, an abnormal protein, is a biomarker of early pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Prion Identified As A Novel Early Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker (Medical News Today) Mad cow disease is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal protein, the prion, in the brain of an affected patient. Outside of the brain, very little is known about prions. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, researchers have, for the first time, identified the prion as a biomarker for pancreatic cancer. [News Source]

Prairie drought boosts animal feed costs (CTV.ca) Drought, hail damage and a cool growing season that has left crops too stunted to harvest have sent feed prices soaring in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. [News Source]

Prion found to be a biomarker for pancreatic cancer (News-Medical-Net) Mad cow disease is caused by the accumulation of an abnormal protein, the prion, in the brain of an affected patient. Outside of the brain, very little is known about prions. [News Source]

Smoking increases risk for brain shrinkage in multiple sclerosis (News-Medical-Net) People who smoke and have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at increased risk of brain shrinkage and increased brain lesions related to the disease, according to a study published in the August 18, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Smoking has already been linked to an increased risk of developing MS. [News Source]

Obscure diseases have strange symptoms (Miami Herald) Swine flu, mad cow disease, SARS. Some diseases become household words because they become so common. But there are 6,000 to 7,000 in the world you may never hear about. A disease is classified as rare if fewer than 200,000 people have it. [News Source]