Dow Jones News:

A company in Edmonton,  Canada has developed a urine test to detect
prion diseases in animals, including in humans.  They expect to be on
the market in 2 years with a test for C-J, scrapie,  mad cow, the
chronic wasting disease and ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE(!).  The test detects
prion proteins as well as the precursor prions which indicate a
susceptibility to prion disease.

If they have identified a link between Alzheimer's and prions we're only
a step away from prions<~>PD!

All The Best,  Bill

THE COMPANY:

BSE Prion Solutions
Edmonton, CA

PARENT COMPANY:
Biotech Global,  UK

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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:23 AM
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Subject: Re: H. pylori & viruses vs PD

Sorry this is so late, Maryse.  I missed this message.

Yes, of course.  All of these diseases (kuru, C-J, scrapie, Mad Cow) are
spongiform encephalopathies.  The point is that no one at the time--even
once they discovered the connection and the etiology--could put their
fingers on the agent of disease.  They chalked it off to a virus, which
is what many people do when they don't know what else to blame a disease
upon.

Scott

At 11:27 PM 7/22/2006, M.Schild wrote:
>:
> > Yes.  Lindenbaum discovered the practice of endocannibalism prior to

> > her book being published in 1974.  That's over thirty years ago.  No

> > one knew what prions were yet,
>
>
>Yes but even then, many people made a link with Ceutzfeld-Jacob 
>syndrome Maryse cg JOhn 77,17
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