AR-News: New Form of Mad Cow Disease Is Discovered in Italian Study

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[from New York Times]

A new form of mad cow disease has been found in Italy, according to a
study released yesterday, and scientists believe that it may be the cause
of some cases of human brain-wasting disease.

While the strain has been found in only two Italian cows, both apparently
healthy, scientists in Europe and the United States said it should provide
new impetus in Washington for the Department of Agriculture to adopt the
more sensitive rapid tests used in Europe because it may not show up in
those used in the United States.
...
But the disease found in two aged dairy cows in Italy is so different that
its discoverers gave it a new name, bovine amyloidotic spongiform
encephalopathy, or BASE, because it forms amyloid plaques in the brain —
round, dark clumps of sticky protein junk.

full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/17/health/17COW.html

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