Subject: Why We'Re Sick
Tom Ezell said:
I have to admit that I sandbagged you a little bit to see if you
really knew what you were writing about ;-)  Mercury is a soft acid
(with respect to hard/soft acid-base theory (HSAB)) and thus readily
forms a complex with the sulfur atoms (sulfur is a soft base) in the
disulfide bridges linking cysteine residues that help to hold proteins
and enzymes in their proper 3-D configuration.  Not exactly a "coating",
if you catch my drift ;-)
All three of the things you mentioned above work differently.  Mercury
does its deed by means of simple coordination chemistry.  AIDS/HIV is a
virus... which in turn is an extremely sophisticated molecule, and
"prions"  affect nucleic acid synthesis.
Maz quotes:
Changes in viscosity and absorption spectra of high polymer DNA solutions
depend on the presence of certain metal ions, in this case, mercury. It is
known that DNA molecules in reactions with HgCl2 decrease significantly and,
under the effect of bound mercury reagents, increase (S. Katz, 1956).
Accordingly one can say that complexed metal ions, particularly mercury, in
reactions with nucleic acids produce reversible changes in the physical
properties of the latter and that study of these reversible reactions .can 
have
great significance in explaining the biological function of nucleic acids. 
M.
Ya. Shkol.nik, 1963) and can additionally elucidate the role of metals as
bioelements.
.............
Materials of I. Ya. Uchitel. and A. S. Konikova (1957) indicate that the 
harp
increase in specific antibodies under revaccination is accompanied by
activation of synthesis of non-specific proteins by the serum. There is a
definite correlation between antibody formation capacity, that is, the
intensity of synthesis of specific and non-specific proteins, especially 
lood
proteins. Our experiments on protein resynthesis in animals affected by 
mercury
suggest that in micromercurialism, there is a suppression of this resynthesis
and a decreased capability of the organism to form antibodies under antigenic
stimulation and that these two are closely connected.
Tom Ezell said:
Detection generally isn't the problem... Understanding how the chemical
and biological processes work is more the key, so that you can better
understand what to watch out for.
Maz says:
Yes that is what I am looking out for, the finite actions of mercury have 
een
ignored for too long, there doesn't seem to be any other substance as complex
as mercury.
Another quote:
Interesting studies in that direction have been undertaken in recent years by
A.A. Nepesov (1955, 1958). He undertook the study of the principles and
processes underlying the .physiological properties of mercury. in those
concentrations encountered under normal environmental conditions and in the
human body. In the opinion of A. I. Venchikov, (1947, 1957) which he 
xpressed
in the study of the physiological properties of trace elements one can
distinguish two possible forms by their action in the living organism. One of
these is the .pharmacotoxicological, having the property in relation to the
intake concentration of either damaging protoplasm or denaturing proteins, 
nd
blocking various steps of enzyme processes., and the other, .biotypic,
continually participating in the metabolism of substances necessary to the
normal life function of the organism..
maz
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