Tragic story of Norfolk CJD sufferer Dean Burrell had his whole life ahead of him when he walked down the aisle with his new wife less than a year ago. Now he is lying in a nursing home practically paralysed, after developing the human form of so-called mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), at the age of 25. [News Source]

News & Blues 4/28 Massachusetts State Police who stopped Francis Viliar, 36, for speeding said he showed troopers a driver’s license that had the name Luis Gomez but a different signature. When they asked him his birth date, he failed six times to match the one on the license, prompting his arrest. [News Source]

Gaffes caught on microphone Gordon Brown is not the first politician or public figure to be caught on microphone saying something he later regrets - here are some other examples. [News Source]

A different tune: Cellular IPOD plays role in prion biology (PhysOrg.com) -- Cells take advantage of a biologically ancient compartment to sequester prions, an action that can initially prevent the prions` phenotypic expression, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. While in this compartment, less heritable prion plaques mature to a more transmissible state. [News Source]

Tragic story of Norfolk CJD sufferer Dean Burrell had his whole life ahead of him when he walked down the aisle with his new wife less than a year ago. Now he is lying in a nursing home practically paralysed, after developing the human form of so-called mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), at the age of 25. [News Source]

Researchers find Alzheimer’s pathology to originate from Amyloid-Beta oligomers in the brain Using a new mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that Alzheimer's pathology originates in Amyloid-Beta (Abeta) oligomers in the brain, rather than the amyloid plaques previously thought by many researchers to cause the disease. [News Source]

Flybe offers volcano insurance SOUTHAMPTON'S largest airline Flybe is to offer passengers volcanic ash insurance, it has been revealed. [News Source]

Japanese crave Iowa beef: Northey DES MOINES -- With the 2003 BSE (mad-cow disease) scare fast becoming a fading memory, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey said there is a growing appetite for corn-fed Iowa beef in Japan. [News Source]

Setting Its Course Editor’s Note: This is the final in a four-part series of stories on food cooperatives. [News Source]

Cellular IPOD plays role in prion biology Cells take advantage of a biologically ancient compartment to sequester prions, an action that can initially prevent the prions’ phenotypic expression, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. While in this compartment, less heritable prion plaques mature to a more transmissible state. [News Source]