New research suggests that chronic inflammation caused by a bacterial endotoxin may play a much larger role in mad cow ...

The same prions responsible for mad cow disease and other deadly brain disorders could contain fragments that can treat drug-resistant bacteria, new research suggests.

Despite the panic that sent shockwaves through meat markets as far away as South Korea, the latest finding of mad cow disease announced Tuesday does not appear to pose a risk to the public. It is, ...

Here's a look at Mad Cow Disease, a fatal brain disease found in cattle. Facts: It has been linked to a fatal brain disease in humans called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Other WRAL Top ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough t hat may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting ...

For more than three years, consumer groups, members of Congress and scientists have warned of the inadequacy or insufficiency of government efforts to prevent the spread of mad cow disease into the ...

Canadian health authorities have but one grisly way to stop mad cow disease: Kill all 150 animals at the Alberta ranch where a single, unsteady old cow was stricken. All because there is no simple ...

The Agriculture Department, under fire for the way it has handled the discovery of mad cow disease in a Washington state cow, said yesterday that it will greatly expand the number of cattle it will ...