AR-News: (CA) Mad cow fears mount - Human disease may be scarier than first thought

[Animalconcerns]

New research suggests that the human form of mad cow disease is a lot more
complicated than originally thought, and, potentially, much scarier.

Scientists have long agreed that eating cattle tissue infected with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy - mad cow disease - can cause the human form of
the disease, known as variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.

But recent animal tests indicate that eating infected beef may also cause
another form of the disease, classical CJD, forcing scientists to
re-examine assumptions about the nature of the deadly disease and raising
fears that it may be more widespread than previously thought. 

full story:
http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-01-19-0045.html

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