Science news articles about 'causes of mad cow disease'

New findings about the causes of mad cow disease show that sometimes it may be genetic. "We now know ... prion proteins to develop," he said. "That's why the disease takes a long time -- as long as several ...

... the normal form of the protein into its pathogenic form, which causes scrapie and mad cow disease. A team headed by Christian F. W. Becker at the TU Munich and Peter H. ...

Infectious proteins known as prions have been identified as the cause of "mad cow" disease (BSE). The culprits are "incorrectly folded" proteins that can "infect" healthy proteins. The molecular bases ...