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| 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 | |
| ninds.nih.gov/ The NINDS offers news, coordinates events, and conducts research into disorders of the brain and nervous system. Also provides information about specific conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and Parkinson's, together w | ||
| cjd.ed.ac.uk/ Monitoring centre for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in the UK, based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. The unit brings together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists specialising in the investigation of this disea | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| whyfiles.org/012mad_cow/prion.html Summary of the current consensus and evidence about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), CJD, and the prion hypothesis. | ||
| 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. | ||
| bmj.com/cgi/collection/mad_cow Articles from the British Medical Journal on BSE and New-Variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
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