CJD: IT'S NOT JUST FOR BRAINS ANYMORE

Killer CJD proteins have now been found outside the brain. Dr. Adriano Aguzzi, a professor of pathology at the University of Zurich, says "The bad news is that widespread presence of pathological prions in tissues of patients other than brain and spinal cord means that we might have to be even more careful than we used to be." Well, yeah. Um, and what about these same "pathological prions" in cattle, and those zones that we thought were safe because they weren't brains or spinal tissue? Is anyone looking into that? What with our own soldiers dying of Mad Cow Disease (and getting dishonorably discharged for their trouble), you'd think someone would might bring this up, if only as a thought experiment.
UPDATE 11/10: Army freezes pay of dying Green Beret