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Just thought this was interesting. Before any one flies off on a rant. I am not worried about contracting the disease. It just shows how little they actually now about BSE & vCJD!
Research shows vCJD could affect more people than previously thought
by Ann Bagel on 8/9/04 for Meatingplace.com
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human brain-wasting disease believed to be linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has been detected in a person with a more common genetic makeup and who had no symptoms of the illness.
According to research published last week in The Lancet, an autopsy found vCJD in a person whose genetic signature is shared by about 50 percent of Caucasians. Previously the disease, which is thought to come from eating beef products from cattle infected with BSE, was believed to affect only people with a genetic profile found in about 35 percent of Caucasians.
The research indicates that more people than previously believed could be incubating vCJD, and some people may get only a mild infection, as opposed to the fatal disease.
Scientists don't know how many people could be infected with vCJD because there have been so few cases to study and so many factors that impact the disease remain unknown, but many believe this new finding means any forecasts will need to be revised radically.
Research shows vCJD could affect more people than previously thought
by Ann Bagel on 8/9/04 for Meatingplace.com
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human brain-wasting disease believed to be linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has been detected in a person with a more common genetic makeup and who had no symptoms of the illness.
According to research published last week in The Lancet, an autopsy found vCJD in a person whose genetic signature is shared by about 50 percent of Caucasians. Previously the disease, which is thought to come from eating beef products from cattle infected with BSE, was believed to affect only people with a genetic profile found in about 35 percent of Caucasians.
The research indicates that more people than previously believed could be incubating vCJD, and some people may get only a mild infection, as opposed to the fatal disease.
Scientists don't know how many people could be infected with vCJD because there have been so few cases to study and so many factors that impact the disease remain unknown, but many believe this new finding means any forecasts will need to be revised radically.
