Reconstructing precaution, deconstructing misconceptions.
Myriad articles have been written about the precautionary principle; some commentators have tried to clarify its content, others have praised the principle, and still others have decried it and eventually advocated for its repeal or nonadoption. The debate continues. The purpose of this contribution is twofold: it aims to...

ProMetic Life Sciences Announces Collaboration with the American Red Cross.
Developing Systems to Detect and Remove Pathogens that Cause Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease MONTREAL, CANADA, and WASHINGTON, D.C. July 3 /PRNewswire/ - ProMetic Life Sciences (TSE: PLI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the American Red Cross (ARC) to...

PROMETIC LIFE SCIENCES ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Developing Systems to Detect and Remove Pathogens that Cause Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease PR Newswire, London, July 3. This press release is transmitted on behalf of ProMetic Life Sciences and the American Red Cross Montreal, Canada, and Washington, D.C. - ProMetic...

Major Breakthrough to Improve Detectability of Mad Cow and Other Prion Diseases.
A paper published in this week's issue of Nature describes a new procedure that should greatly improve the sensitivity of tests for prion diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) GENEVA, Switzerland, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Serono...

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH TO IMPROVE DETECTABILITY OF MAD COW AND OTHER PRION DISEASES.
PR Newswire, London, June 13 This press release is transmitted on behalf of Serono A paper published in this week's issue of Nature describes a new procedure that should greatly improve the sensitivity of tests for prion diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob...

Prometic Life Sciences Announces Collaboration With American Red Cross.
MONTREAL, July 3 /PRNewswire/ - Developing systems to detect and remove pathogens that cause Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease MR. PIERRE LAURIN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PROMETIC LIFE SCIENCES INC. IS PLEASED TO INVITE...

Just the facts.
Indicate the answer that best completes each statement by writing A, B, or C in each blank. -- 1. Which country experienced an epidemic of mad cow disease in the 1980s? (A) Japan, (B) the United States, (C) the United Kingdom -- 2. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob...

Mad cow disease might linger longer.
A rare but deadly human illness spread by cannibalism has an incubation period in some individuals of about 4 decades, researchers in New Guinea have discovered. The finding implies that a related human illness caused by eating beef from cattle with mad cow disease could also lie dormant for...

Human mad cow may be underestimated.
People could be infected with the human form of mad cow disease for more than 50 years without developing the illness, meaning the size of a potential epidemic may be vastly underestimated, according to a recent study in the Lancet. The study, published in the journal's June...

India dismisses Lancet's mad cow.
Byline: Chandrika Mago & Kounteya Sinha NEW DELHI: The government is furious about a hypothesis that the epidemic of mad cow disease which struck Europe had its roots in exports, decades ago, of animal feed and bones from South Asia which included human remains scavenged from the...