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Re: Bone Meal on vegetables
- To: Multiple recipients of list SQFT <S*@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Bone Meal on vegetables
- From: L* A* <L*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:48:40 -0500
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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