New Study Shows How Mad Cow Prions Hitch A Ride Into Intestine Date: December 30, 2004 Source: Case Western Reserve University Summary: A new study from the Department of Pathology at Case Western ...

Digestive System: Cow Stomach Investigation. Special | 6m 40s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Scientists can have an inside look at the digestive system by studying very special cows.

A new study shows that the infectious version of prion proteins, the main culprits behind the human form of mad cow disease or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), are not destroyed by ...

Portia is a cow at Tufts university. She has been living with a large hole in her stomach since 2002. It looks life-threatening, but it's not. The hole was put there on purpose so scientists can ...

How a cow’s digestive system could revolutionise renewable energy. A group of scientists believe that the key to effective biomass conversion lies in the stomachs of cows and elephants, with new ...

Cow burps are a major source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that heats up the planet more than 80 times faster than CO2 when it’s first released. But a new enzyme—from a startup that ...

Simulators using rumen fluid give UVM researchers a simulated cow digestive system. “We’ve mostly been testing feeding methods and inclusion rates within the diet,” said Driemel.

In a new study, scientists say they may have figured out how some of the proteins that cause mad cow disease can survive the human digestive system and make their way into the body: piggybacking ...

To Your Health Is the ox bile used in some digestive enzymes at risk for mad cow disease contamination? By James Heffley, Ph.D., Fri., Nov. 4, 2005 ...