MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bovine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:06:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134258&cid=t_91727_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FAIo2G7bHgA0%2F An advocacy group known as Breast Cancer Action has been running a campaign to alert the public to a possible link between cancer and recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH, which is also known as recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rbST. As part of its effort, BAC is targeting Eli Lilly, because its Elanco animal-health unit makes and sells rBST under the Posilac name, which is given to dairy cows to stimulate milk production. However, BCA has encountered some pushback. The group says that several billboard companies that do business in Indianapolis, where Lilly is headquartered, have refused to accept its ad, which reads: “Eli Lilly is making us sick. Tell them to stop.” A spokeswoman for BCA, which wants Lilly to stop making Posilac, says local and national billboard com... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134258 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:34:48 +0100 4134258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3969015&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=39260&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvaccineblogs.com%2Fvideo-shiv-chopra-talks-about-how-health-canada-is-corrupt-to-the-core%2F (Source: Vaccine Blogs) Vaccine Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3969015 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:40:54 +0100 3969015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858437&cid=t_91727_167_f&fid=38271&url=http%3A%2F%2Frebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F12%2Fgot-hormone-free-milk%2F By: Carlene Helble-Elite Nutrition Intern There is much more to milk than meets the eye. Not only are there hundreds of different dairies that are producing, but there are also categories like hormone free milk to consider while you’re making your grocery list. Around 2005, the price of milk spiked, something many of us tend to take in stride question free, but grumble about as we push our carts to the check out line. Between 2005-2006, states like California were eliminating the use of rBGH, a bovine growth hormone, in dairy cattle, making them hormone free, but also less productive (hence the price hike). The majority of milk produced within the United States are now hormone free. But what’s the big deal? Studies have indicated that rBGH may increase your risk of producing a cancer-... Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858437 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:12:56 +0100 3858437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3555808&cid=t_91727_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FvUzenTmDe0g%2F Bovine viral diarrhea virus is an economically important animal pathogen that may cause a fatal gastrointestinal disease in beef and dairy herds. Infection of a fetus with this virus during the first trimester leads to the birth of animals that are persistently infected for life. Some animals remain healthy, while others develop severe mucosal disease. The lethal outcome is a consequence of RNA recombination that produces a cytopathic virus. Pathogenicity of bovine viral diarrhea virus is associated with the synthesis of a the viral protein NS3. This protein is not produced by the noncytopathic virus that persistently infects cows for life. Absence of the protein is due to failure to cleave the precursor of NS3, called NS2-3. In cells infected with the cytopathic, disease-causing virus, NS... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3555808 Tue, 11 May 2010 21:34:06 +0100 3555808 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2995496&cid=t_91727_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F11%2Fprion-protein.html A conformational transition of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into an aberrantly folded isoform designated scrapie prion protein (PrPSc) is the hallmark of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders collectively called prion diseases. They include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Stäussler-Scheinker syndrome in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer. In contrast to the deadly properties of misfolded PrP, PrPC seems to possess a neuroprotective activity. More-over, animal models indicated that the stress-protective activity of PrPC and the neurotoxic effects of PrPSc are somehow interconnectedfrom The Prion ProteinFurther reading:The Prion ProteinFull range of books on microbiology at Mic... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2995496 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0100 2995496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2962869&cid=t_91727_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F11%2Fbovine-lentiviruses.html Infections with the bovine lentiviruses, bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) or Jembrana disease virus (JDV) represent the extremes of lentivirus induced disease. BIV has a broad cell tropism and causes a mild lymphoproliferative disorder with low viral titres and no reproducible disease sequelae. JDV has a more restricted cell tropism than BIV and infects Bali cattle in Indonesia, replicating to high viral titres during an acute disease period characterized by lymph node enlargement, leucopaenia and high rectal temperatures. The similarities and differences between these two genetically and antigenically closely related viruses and between other lentiviruses will be reviewed in this chapter with particular regard to their cell tropism, pathogenesis and genetic composition.from Lentiviruse... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2962869 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0100 2962869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2862080&cid=t_91727_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2009%2F10%2Fmammalian-and-fish-retroviruses.html The pioneering phase of the study of retroviruses resulted in the identification of viruses associated with diseases in chickens, mice and cats. Retroviruses have since been isolated from many vertebrate species, and classified into seven genera that can be grouped into two general categories. Alpharetroviruses, betaretroviruses and gammaretroviruses are genetically simple, encoding only nucleoprotein, matrix, capsid, reverse transcriptase, integrase, protease and envelope proteins. Deltaretroviruses, epsilonretroviruses, lentiviruses and spumaviruses are considered complex because they encode in addition to the proteins listed above, a number of ancillary proteins that often play an important role in gene regulation. Simple mammalian gammaretroviruses and the complex piscine epsilonretrov... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2862080 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:28:00 +0100 2862080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846576&cid=t_91727_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fwayback-wednesday-the-quest-for-animal-insulin.html Apropos to last week’s post on Testing Driving Insulin, I was thinking about the ‘older’ versions — and discovered a reader letter I received back in February of 2006.  It seems just as timely today, considering that research supported the case for continuing to offer patients the option of animal insulin: “In our systematic review we [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846576 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:35 +0100 2846576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734319&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F5JA8vc9J7l4%2F The controversy over the California Milk Processor Board’s objections to the “got breastmilk?” parody of the “got milk?” campaign got me thinking about human consumption of cow’s milk. Then I read an email on Lactnet that referred to cow’s milk as “bovine infant milk” and that really got me thinking. ~ Is it cruel and unethical to separate calves prematurely from their mothers in order for cows’ milk to be collected for human consumption? Do you have a moral objection to it? Do you also object to eating meat or wearing leather, or are those entirely different issues? ~ Are humans not meant to consume milk specifically designed with particular proteins and antibodies for baby cows? I am just raising the questions; I don’t kn... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734319 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:05:42 +0100 1734319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147436&cid=t_91727_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fquotes-from-neighbors.html ==DrugBank continues to offer open access drug information==The DrugBank database is a freely available, bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource that combines chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical drug data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. protein) information. [Chemistry Central]==Zinc mediated inhibitors==At pH 8.2 the inhibition constant (Ki) of BABIM for bovine trypsin in 1.0 mM EDTA, pH 8.2, is 19 uM. Addition of Zn²+ at concentration as low as 100 nM increases the affinity of BABIM for trypsin by 3,800 to Ki = 5.0 ± 0.3 nM. Zn²+ alone is a weak inhibitor of trypsin with a Ki of ~ 33 mM at pH 5.5, and ~ 1.0 mM at pH 7.0. [whistling in the wind]==Why InChIKey?==... the only problem with InChI is the length of the identifiers and the issues caused by the characters use... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147436 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:30:00 +0100 1147436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=841674&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F05%2Fthe-insulin-evolution%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, PersonalitiesHow did we allow insulin to evolve into a genetically modified hormone? It all boils down to propaganda. If you're confident your current insulin surpasses former natural insulin in: purity, availability, allergy response, similarity and safety - I encourage you to review the following facts that were conveniently neglected or not available, due to restraints of time travel. Purity: In the 1970s, a Genentech scientist stated that natural insulin was incredibly pure. In the 1980s, rDNA humulin insulins were less pure than the natural insulins of the 70s. The advertising campaign for rDNA insulin suggested otherwise. Here's a quote, as printed in the book, Invisible Frontiers: "They... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=841674 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 841674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510395&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F05%2Fthe-insulin-evolution%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, PersonalitiesHow did we allow insulin to evolve into a genetically modified hormone? It all boils down to propaganda. If you're confident your current insulin surpasses former natural insulin in: purity, availability, allergy response, similarity and safety - I encourage you to review the following facts that were conveniently neglected or not available, due to restraints of time travel. Purity: In the 1970s, a Genentech scientist stated that natural insulin was incredibly pure. In the 1980s, rDNA humulin insulins were less pure than the natural insulins of the 70s. The advertising campaign for rDNA insulin suggested otherwise. Here's a quote, as printed in the book, Invisible Frontiers: "Th... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510395 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:00:00 +0100 2510395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=734479&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F14%2Fstorming-of-the-bastille-and-rise-of-a-revolution%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Daily News, OpinionStory time!! Today is Bastille Day. The French National holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which was a mark of the French Revolution - a revolt against absolute power. Although I am not French - I am convinced there needs to be a revolution against absolute power of the insulin cartel. You all know them very well - Lilly, Novo and Sanofi Aventis. You've been a loyal customer, in spite of the shortcomings of their products. One example of a shortcoming is the absence of C-peptide. It is found in proinsulin and protects cells from the complications resulting from long-term diabetes. The other is the possibility that another source of insulin might be better for your treatment than synthetic human insulin. The fact the US only... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=734479 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 734479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563574&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F23%2Fthis-little-piggy-left-the-market%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Drugs, Research, Opinion, SupportA study published in 1991, comparing the efficacy of human synthetic insulin to porcine insulin states "there is no reason to treat all insulin-requiring diabetic subjects with human insulin except those who have developed insulin allergy". In light of this study - how was rDNA synthetic human insulin able to monopolize the US market? The absence of highly purified porcine insulin in the US is probably (my guess) because it's cheaper to manufacture. The saturation of the US market with rDNA synthetic human insulin seems to be treating the masses with a specialized need existing in only a few individuals. But the top line of this marketing campaign must have had a good effect on the bottom-line, too. Sa... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563574 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 563574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=545825&cid=t_91727_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Fcustomer-for-life-but-only-what-they-want-to-sell%2F This study was published around the time when all of the synthetic human insulins were sweeping the Nation. I tried calling my local CVS Pharmacy on Saturday morning to see if I could get some purified porcine insulin. No such luck. Go figure. The big guys were successful at convincing the medical community and patients that no other insulin is better. Correction - no other insulin is cheaper to manufacture and that means it is better for them. And the importance of C-peptide was overlooked entirely - or was it? C-peptide prevents the complications associated with injecting insulin - but that sounds like another marketable drug. After all - synthetic human insulin doesn't have C-peptide. REAL HUMAN INSULIN does (the way it comes out of the beta cells, in natural form, it does)!!! And as lo... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=545825 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 545825