On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 12:43:00 -0500, Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How sure are the researchers about BSE? What I mean is that if they >> find "misfolded proteins," are they sure there isn't a pathogen >> originally present that produces these proteins? >> >> Since many, once "genetic" or "chemical imbalance" caused, diseases >> are now being found to be associated with pathogens, is it possible >> there could be a pathogen causing BSE? > >They seem pretty sure. http://www.nmia.com/~mdibble/prion.html is a good >document on the entire history of finding out the cause. I understand they're pretty sure. But note that Dr. Torres is talking about a vaccine for diabetes -- which isn't even theoretically possible using the currently "pretty sure" definition for diabetes. -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moyn (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>

