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By Marcia Stone Decoded Science You may want to put down that fork – brain-damaging prions could be lurking in your dinner. By showing that spleen tissue is up to sevenfold more receptive to foreign prions than that of the brain, Vincent Béringue PhD, and colleagues at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Jouy-en-Josas, France, recently challenged the long-held notion of absolute species barriers. What this suggests is that testing brain tissue, rather than lymphatic tissue, of animals destined for the dinner table is very misleading.  Furthermore, say these scientists, most prion disease will likely remain silent for…

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By TIM MAK Politico The Maine Republican Party, under fire from Ron Paul supporters for its mishandling of the state’s recent caucuses, is now re-canvassing counties and municipalities to recount vote totals.

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