Public release date: 13-Jul-2011 (HRR-Requested Repost) Scientists are reporting development of a new approach for producing large quantities of human-derived gelatin that could become a substitute for some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin produced annually for gelatin-type… Read More ›
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1 in 2000 Britons may carry ‘mad cow’ prion protein
19:39 16 October 2013 by Debora MacKenzie “We were all supposed to die of mad cow disease!” People who accuse public health agencies of crying wolf are fond of citing the discovery, in 1996, that a cattle disease widespread… Read More ›
Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
Re-Posted for filing 2008 Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-4400 American Chemical Society Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes IMAGE:Wastewater treatment plants do not reduce harmful proteins called prions that cause incurable brain infections, such as Mad… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 