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New discovery about the risk of “mad cow” disease infection in humans

The abnormal protein (prion) that causes CJD, also known as “mad cow disease,” is not only found in the brain, as previously thought, but also on the skin of the patient. The results of a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine have raised concerns about the infectiousness of the disease. To obtain this result, experts conducted research based on skin samples of 38 patients who died of mad cow disease. A new, highly accurate technique was also applied to measure the level of prions in the diseased skin samples. The extracted prions showed the ability to infect..

Animal bone powder from places with mad cow epidemic through Cambodia to Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture directs

Recently, there has been a phenomenon of some organizations and individuals transporting red blood cell powder and animal bone powder from Europe (where there is a mad cow epidemic) through the Cambodian border gate by truck or barge into Vietnam. On May 23, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien signed a series of official dispatches to southern border provinces such as Tay Ninh, Long An, Kien Giang, Dong Thap, Binh Phuoc, and An Giang on Focus on directing and organizing to prevent the illegal transportation of animal products of unknown origin across borders. According to the..