Study gives insight into brain illness in animals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Researchers are reporting that they have solved a longstanding mystery about the rapid spread of a fatal brain infection in deer, elk and moose in the Midwest and West. [News Source]

Study gives insight into spread of chronic wasting disease. The infectious agent that leads to chronic wasting disease is spread in the feces of infected animals long before they become ill, new research indicates. [News Source]

Study: Deer May Spread Brain Disease Through Feces (redOrbit) According to a study published on Wednesday, it appears that a variety of prion disease found in deer may be spread through the fecal matter of infected animals even when they exhibit no symptoms of the illness. Researchers say that their finds on the deadly brain disorder known as chronic wasting disease (CWD)—a close cousin of the infamous mad-cow disease—may have significant ramifications for ... [News Source]

Famed author Michael Pollan to speak at WSU (Winona Daily News) Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. [News Source]

Protox’ Phase 2 study of PRX302 for treating BPH provides positive results (News-Medical-Net) Protox Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: PRX), a leader in the development of receptor targeted fusion proteins, today announced positive 12 month data from its open-label Phase 2 study of PRX302 in males with moderate to severe benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The study results indicate that those patients who received an optimal dose of PRX302 continued to demonstrate significant symptomatic relief ... [News Source]

CSU receives grant for study of chronic wasting disease (The Fort Collins Coloradoan) CSU has received a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study how chronic wasting disease is transmitted between deer. [News Source]

Deer mystery solved (Denver Post) Researchers are reporting that they have solved a long- standing mystery about the rapid spread of a fatal brain infection in deer, elk and moose in the Midwest and West. [News Source]