Scientist: 'Mad Cow' May Not Cause Human Illness

From Reuters - October 12, 2001

Mad cow disease and the illness thought to be its human equivalent may not be linked after all.
George Venters, an expert in public health medicine in Hamilton, Scotland, believes the rogue prion brain protein that causes mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), does not cause new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) -- a degenerative brain disease found in humans. Complete article...