Mad Cow Disease: What is it and should we be concerned?
CJD patients. The average age of people with CJD is normally about 63. When the laboratories looked at the brains of the patients with the new type of CJD the brains looked more like the pattern seen with BSE in cows than classic CJD. An association? Yes. Solid proof? NO! However, to be on the safe side many countries no longer import British beef.
If you would like more information the following sites are excellent: Dr. Brown's; What the heck is..., Dr. Eddie Power's update, The WHO Fact Sheet on BSE, The British Medical Journal's BSE-CJD HomePage, and Steve Dealler's: Information concerning BSE for the scientific world. You can also ask me. Remember I will answer all questions. What you want to know is important!
ADDITION (4/25/97): I found an article on the net written by the man who initially discovered Prions, Dr. Prusiner.
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