X-Message-Number: 6165 Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 03:29:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: NEW INFO ON MAD COW DISEASE The May 1996 issue of Discover magasine has an interesting article on BSE or mad cow disease. Turns out the latest tests indicate that humans cannot get 'standard' BSE because the prion involved is unable to affect the different PrP proteins human brains possess. This explains why the human version of BSE is so rare - only a rare varient of BSE can leap the species barrier and infect humans. I suspect many more of us humans have consumed BSE tainted beef than the beef industry is willing to admit. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6165