From: Alan Cairns 

On 26/12/03 4:56 PM, in article 3fecd886$1{at}w3.nls.net, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

> I think it does survive coking as it's not a living thing per-se that can be
> killed.  (It's just a misfolded protein)

I don't really understand the transmission. Mostly, cooking denatures
protein, and stomach acids and enzymes digest it. By the time it reaches
the jejunum its just a slurry of amino acids, which are absorbable. It
generally isn't possible to absorb whole protein molecules from a healthy
gut.

I guess I'd better do some reading. It was noticeable to me that a large
percentage of the British vCJ patients were slaughtermen.

Alan

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