Re: Bone Meal on vegetables

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• Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:58:33 +0000
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Michael Crichton incorporated  prion transmission through
sheep protein products  into his book "The Lost World" (the
sequel to Jurassic Park).

> From:          Laura Archbald <LaaDeDah@AOL.COM>
> Subject:       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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