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Re: Bone Meal on vegetables


In a message dated 97-03-17 06:47:41 EST, jwintermute@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM
(Janet Wintermute) writes:

<< The BSE agent is currently thought to be
 a protein item that does not behave like regular proteins.  ("Item" is
 clearly not the right word; a definitive noun has not been named for this
 yet.  It is not a bacerium or a virus.) >>
The medical textbook I looked up CJ and kuru in last night at work referred
to the organism as a prion, which sounds like a workable term till another
comes along. (I think it sounds like something out of a science fiction book,
though)
LauraA
7bish NC,USA


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