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by eurasiantiger 1461 days ago
Bovine gelatin is another Creutzfeld—Jakob’s prion disaster waiting to happen.
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legutierr 1460 days ago
You think there are prions in the gelatin? What makes you say that?
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eurasiantiger 1459 days ago
Bovine gelatin is made from the animal’s brain tissues and it was a major transmission vector in the UK CJD disaster. At least that was the story then, apparently the truth is not so.
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