‘Mad Cow’ Disease Linked to Humans
From Times Wire Reports
Scientists have found more evidence that a brain-wasting disease that has struck 21 people in England was caused by the consumption of contaminated beef. A study at the Imperial College School of Medicine found that a strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease discovered in March 1996 behaves like “mad cow” disease when it infects mice. A separate Scottish study concurred.
