Fertility treatments could lead to mad-cow disease. Women who are injected with certain fertility drugs could be at higher risk of developing the human form of mad-cow disease, according to the first study to document the presence of protein bits known as prions in urine-derived hormones. [News Source]

Brain-wasting prions found in fertility hormone. Certain fertility hormones could theoretically put women at risk of developing brain-wasting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The fatal disease is spread by prions, infectious and misfolded proteins that also cause BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease in cattle. [News Source]

Some fertility drugs carry theoretical risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: study. Women injected with urine-derived fertility drugs could be at risk of developing the human form of mad cow disease, although no cases have yet been linked to the drugs, researchers say. [News Source]

Urine-derived fertility drugs may hike risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: study. Fertility drugs used by thousands of women each year may increase the risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – a rare and universally fatal brain disorder, a Canadian-led international research team is reporting. [News Source]

Brain-wasting prions found in fertility hormone. Certain fertility hormones could theoretically put women at risk of developing brain-wasting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The fatal disease is spread by prions, infectious and misfolded proteins that also cause BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease in cattle. [News Source]

Some fertility drugs carry theoretical risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: study. Women injected with urine-derived fertility drugs could be at risk of developing the human form of mad cow disease, although no cases have yet been linked to the drugs, researchers say. [News Source]

Urine-derived fertility drugs may hike risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: study. Fertility drugs used by thousands of women each year may increase the risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – a rare and universally fatal brain disorder, a Canadian-led international research team is reporting. [News Source]

Fertility treatments could lead to mad-cow disease Women who are injected with certain fertility drugs could be at higher risk of developing the human form of mad-cow disease, according to the first study to document the presence of protein bits known as prions in urine-derived hormones. [News Source]

Fertility treatments could lead to mad-cow disease Women who are injected with certain fertility drugs could be at higher risk of developing the human form of mad-cow disease, according to the first study to document the presence of protein bits known as prions in urine-derived hormones. [News Source]

Humans, nukes and risk assessment: A dangerous mix. A fallible balancing of risks and probabilities is going on, as countries around the world watch events unfolding in Fukushima and wonder just what the danger is of a similar disaster striking their own nuclear power plants and just what they should do to prevent it. [News Source]