"This Is Your Brain On Cow"

[Reese]

At 05:01 AM 6/12/01, David Honig wrote:
 >At 05:14 PM 6/10/01 -1000, Reese wrote:

 >>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: