Posted on 03/31/2006 10:15:55 PM PST by Perdogg
While newly published research confirms that under laboratory circumstances prion-protein can be absorbed across the gut, it also shows that this is unlikely to occur in real life. In addition, the results show that the places in the gut that do take up these disease-associated proteins are different from the locations where infectivity is known to be amplified.
The findings will be published in the Journal of Pathology.
Since the outbreak of BSE in cattle and vCJD in humans, scientists have struggled to make sense of how an abnormal variation of a normal protein can trigger an infectious disease. Some are questioning whether this simple relationship exists at all. This paper adds new evidence that can inform the debate.
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
Interesting - another 'What we thought we knew is not what it seems'. Beware of medical research's - and the press' - rush to judgement..
Ping
But Global Warming? That one we're sure of.
Really.
I agree, but this one is hardly a rush to judgement We were taught about prions >20 yrs ago in med school. Scary stuff! It would be better if not true.
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