Re: "This Is Your Brain On Cow"

At 05:01 AM 6/12/01, David Honig wrote:

At 05:14 PM 6/10/01 -1000, Reese wrote:

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What is it you know or think you know, that they do not?

I know how to read, and I read _Science_. A sidebar called "American's own prion disease" describing Chronic Wasting Disease belonging to the transmissable spongiform encephalopathies (like Creutzfeld-Jakob and BSE). Vol 292 1 June 01 p 1641

Part of a larger article, "Is the US doing enough to prevent mad cow disease" p 1639-1641

That's encouraging, though it doesn't say _that_ much about the sidebar you read. Ever hear of a species barrier? It's a big step, from deer and elk, to humans. Here is the most recent Pro-Med update on CWD: