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Amorfix announces vCJD blood test breakthrough
Canada's Amorfix Life Sciences has announced a breakthrough in the development of a blood test for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).The Toronto-based specialist in diagnostics, theranostics and therapies for a range of...
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IDPH: CJD cases rare, but do occur in Iowa
DES MOINES (KWWL) -- The Iowa Department of Public Health says it sees about 3 cases of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) a year.Relatives of a Charles City man told KWWL Thomas Squier, 60, died of sporadic CJD at...
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CJD survivor still defying the odds
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FDA planning to ban cattle brains, spinal cords from all animal feed
Federal authorities are accepting comments on a planned regulation that would prohibit use of some cattle tissues in all animal feeds by late April.The regulation published by the Food and Drug Administration is intended to reduce the...
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National CJD Surveillance Unit publishes 16th Annual Report for 2007 and scientific report
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