Prions are not viruses, slow or otherwise.  Prion diseases are indeed
progressive, like PD, but to the best of my knowledge no one has made a
connection between the two.  Scott

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>From: "William P. Taggart" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:24 AM
>Subject: Re: H. pylori & viruses vs PD
>
>
>Hi Ray!
>
>It's in the nature of Prion Diseases to be progressive.   They have
>alternatively been referred-to as "slow viruses". They often cause
>symptoms that at first can seem to be viral in nature but that then
>slowly and inexorably progress to the disadvantage of the host animal...
>With many of the developing symptoms being analogous to the  symptoms of
>advancing Parkinsons Disease.
>
>Is that what you mean?    :-)
>
>ATB, Bill
>
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>M.SchildAM.Schild
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>Bill, how does one account for the progressive nature of PD?
>ray
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "William P. Taggart" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:44 AM
>Subject: H. pylori & viruses vs PD
>
>
>I'm willing to bet that it will turn out that Parkinson's is a prion
>disease...   It might actually be caused by subunits of prions that are
>even smaller than prions per-se...  fibrils, which are tiny chains of
>protein...  There is increasing evidence that prions are much more
>prevalent than previously recognized.  Prions are associated with many
>kinds of degenerative neurological diseases, both in humans and in
>animals.
>
>Does anyone have any further information on prions & PD?
>
>All The Best,   billt
>
>
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Scott E. Antes
Department of Anthropology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5200

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