CJD and BSE

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From: R.Hamilton
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00

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   In the Feb 25,1998 edition of the PROVINCE newspaper (Vancouver
B.C.) it was reported that tests had confirmed that a 56 year old
woman who had died in Victoria, B.C. in June 1997, had died due to
"the same kind of infectious protein particle as mad cow disease."
  That's quite a drawn out way of saying "prion."

   The story did not give the name of the condition which the woman
died from. However the reporter did say that only one person out of
one million would die from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which is a
"variant of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy."

   From the WellnessWise Electronic Journal Vol. 2, No.7 Apr. 14,
1996:

   Researchers infecting mice with prions from goats noted in one
group a drowsiness while in a second group infected with prions from
different goats, there was hyperactivity. The researchers have
concluded that there is more than one variant of prion.
   Now do we need an Einstein to put 2 and 2 together?

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From: "R.Hamilton" <ronjh@pgr.auracom.com>
Subject: CJD and BSE
Date: 1998/02/27
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