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| sparc.airtime.co.uk/bse/ Includes general information, reports, publications, research as well as non-scientific information. Extensive information on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. | |
| www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/335/Prions.html They are called prions, which are defined as 'small proteinaceous infectious particles which resist inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids'. Examples of prion dis Document describing infectious agents which do not have a nucleic acid genome. | ||
| bse.org.uk/ Includes full text transcripts and witness statements, a glossary, archived press releases, and a BSE timeline. Documents available in HTM Details of a government inquiry into the history, emergence and identification of BSE and new variant CJD in the UK. | ||
| hbsef.org/ Support organisation for relatives, briefing sheets, and carers of victims of variant Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease (vCJD) Provides personal testimonies, statistics, friends and research information. | ||
| bseinquiry.gov.uk/ Full text of the final report of the UK public inquiry into the emergence and identification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (nCJD), and actions taken in response by the British government. | ||
| sciencemag.org/feature/data/prusiner/245.shl Prions are transmissible particles that are devoid of nucleic acid and seem to be composed exclusively of a modified protein. BSE and human CJD are among Article considering how bovine prions may have been passed to humans, resulting in a new form of CJD. | ||
| bmj.com/cgi/collection/mad_cow Articles from the British Medical Journal on BSE and New-Variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. | ||
| whyfiles.org/012mad_cow/prion.html Summary of the current consensus and evidence about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), CJD, and the prion hypothesis. | ||
| maff.gov.uk/animalh/bse/ Official UK government information on BSE, a disease of cattle first identified in 1986. Includes information on public health (the controls put in place by the Government for the protection of consumers from BSE), the measures taken to eradicate BSE and | ||
| britishmeat.org.uk/ Information on British meat and nutrition issues with pages on healthy eating, information for healthcare professionals, and a collection of recipes which would not appeal to vegetarians. | ||
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