this protein is a type of viriod , spelling may be wrong , but if you
blew a small pox virus to the size of an elephant this viriod would
still only be the size of a mouse , and a centrifuge after several days
will hardly concentrate it to the bottom of a test tube. Robby
this protein is a type of viriod , spelling may be wrong , but if you
blew a small pox virus to the size of an elephant this viriod would
still only be the size of a mouse , and a centrifuge after several days
will hardly concentrate it to the bottom of a test tube. Robby
Prions aren't viroids.
Just want to add that it cannot be an organism, since if it was,
you would be able to kill it with heating. By the same way you
would do with a bacteria or virus. The problem is the Creutzfeldt
-Jakob Disorder is a protein and that make it not possible to
remove by cooking or similar methods. I
Hi Keith,
I read trough many of the messages about BSE and found a lot of
speculations of what it is, but non that actually comes close to the
explanations I got. The disorder was first discovered by Creutzfeldt and
Jakob some 80 years ago in cannibal tribes and are carrying their names,
Hello Hakan
This is all covered in the archives, and more. In fact the archives
isn't a bad place to start for information on BSE.
I was working at the Independent in London in 1989-90 when all the
denials were going on, with then-Ag Minister John Gummer being
photographed for the press
