Boffins discover new target to fight Mad Cow Disease (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): In a new study boffins at the University of Bonn, Germany have found a new target, they hope can cure Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. The study, led by Alexander Pfeifer was conducted on a mouse model. BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), which is a related disease in humans that can occur spontaneously, be inherited, [News Source]