Medical researchers discover hidden side of prion diseases Medical researchers in Canada and the United States recently published their joint findings that fatal prion diseases, which include BSE or "mad cow disease," have a hidden signature. [News Source]

Medical researchers in Canada and the US discover hidden side of prion diseases ( University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry ) Medical researchers recently discovered that fatal prion diseases, which include BSE or "mad cow disease," have a hidden signature.Researchers say the discovery tells them that prion diseases may not be unstoppable as once thought, because brain cells are in fact trying to get rid of a prion protein -- something the medical research ... [News Source]

Mad cow disease fears over violin strings threatens works of Handel and Bach Musicians have warned that the works of Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi and Bach may never again be heard as their composers intended - because of EU rules to stop people catching "mad cow disease" from their instruments. [News Source]

Black Friday discount at Mad Cow Theatre all weekend Mad Cow Theatre has a Black Friday deal that lasts all weekend: Tickets for any Thursday or Friday performance for the rest of the 2011-12 season can be purchased at a 40 percent discount through Monday, Nov. 28. [News Source]

Black Friday discount at Mad Cow Theatre all weekend Mad Cow Theatre has a Black Friday deal that lasts all weekend: Tickets for any Thursday or Friday performance for the rest of the 2011-12 season can be purchased at a 40 percent discount through Monday, Nov. 28. [News Source]

Not everybody convinced of U.S. beef safety. Safety concerns about U.S. beef may have stayed off the political radar for the past few years, but it is far from certain that they have been entirely erased from Koreans' minds. [News Source]

Japan reports new strain of ‘mad cow’ disease, Japan has confirmed its eighth case of mad cow disease, and there is concern it could be a new strain of the disease, which was found in a cow just 23 months old, making it the youngest animal in the world to be confirmed as having Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. [News Source]

Japan reports new strain of ‘mad cow’ disease Japan has confirmed its eighth case of mad cow disease, and there is concern it could be a new strain of the disease.The mad cow disease - or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)- was found in a cow ... [News Source]

Japan reports new strain of ‘mad cow’ disease Japan has confirmed its eighth case of mad cow disease, and there is concern it could be a new strain of the disease. [News Source]

WTO panel favors Mexico, Canada on US label rules. The world's top trade body ruled Friday that U.S. "country of origin" labels on cattle and hog exports from Canada and Mexico violate international rules, a move that could lower prices on those exports. [News Source]