A type of virus known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals has been found for the first time in malignant human prostate cancer cells. The finding could have important implications for the development of a vaccine to block infection by the virus and thus prevent the development of prostate cancer. The researchers behind the […]
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Mad fish disease could threaten humans
Writing in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, neurologist Robert P. Friedland questions the safety of eating farmed fish that are fed byproducts rendered from cows, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply. Friedland, from the University of Louisville, and his co-researchers suggest that farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease – […]