Demystifying Mad Cow Disease

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If you are not quite clear on the difference between bovine spongiform

encephalopathy (BSE), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) variants and Prusiner's

" prions " , you might find the below link to Haran's article as helpful

as I

did now that we appear to be on the verge of a possible media meltdown about

American Mad Cow Disease.

Happy Holidays,

Coughlan

Demystifying Mad Cow Disease

P.S. - Although a New York legislator has just been diagnosed (Newsday 12/22)

with CJD, we have not yet been informed about the aetiology of her condition.