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Which Intestines for Food and Cosmetics? 

The FDA appears to have caved in to industry pressure in allowing intestines potentially infected with mad cow disease prions into food products and lipstick. Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. TheContinue reading “Which Intestines for Food and Cosmetics? “

New Type of Prion May Cause, Transmit Neurodegeneration | UC San Francisco

“The challenge of studying neurodegeneration is that it’s a disease of aging,” Woerman said. “You have to let the mouse models develop for such a long time that research on cures is really slow to progress. Now, with these cell models, we can test how to inactivate alpha-synuclein aggregates at a speed that just wouldn’tContinue reading “New Type of Prion May Cause, Transmit Neurodegeneration | UC San Francisco”