SC - Don't crush that dwarf - hand _me_ the pliers!

Håkan Hedrén h940114 at stud.kol.su.se
Tue Oct 26 02:48:50 PDT 1999


So ... I suppose the sheep brain mead is out?? And the mink wine too??

Corwyn

In a message dated 10/26/1999 1:52:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
korrin.daardain at juno.com writes:

> The scrapie agent, (AKA: Kuru, CJD, Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy, &
>  BSE) is what is known as a PrP (for Prion Protein) and is immune to
>  practically everything. Electron bombardment by a linear accelerator and
>  strong UV exposure that will reduce the phage virus to one percent
>  infectivities has no effect on the scrapie agent. Only chemicals and
>  processes that destroy proteins can reduce or prevent infection.
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