FW: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta

2004-01-03 Thread Jose Campos
José     -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Howard WuSent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:33 PMTo: Francis Graham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta Prions are supposedly heat resistant and carry no genetic

FW: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta

2004-01-03 Thread Jose Campos
ge-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Howard WuSent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:33 PMTo: Francis Graham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta Prions are supposedly heat resistant and carry no genetic material. Then there is t

Re: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta

2004-01-03 Thread GeoZay
>>Prions are supposedly heat resistant and carry no genetic material.<< This brings to mind that micrometeorites don't burn up when they enter the atmosphere. I believe the reason why is because they are so small, that this allows them to dissipate the heat about as fast as it is produced. If the

Re: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta

2004-01-03 Thread John Gwilliam
Still working on that $10.00 gallon of tequila from New Years, huh? John At 08:33 PM 1/3/04 +, Howard Wu wrote: Prions are supposedly heat resistant and carry no genetic material. Then there is the question of how a prion would get into a cows brain. Only possible way I can think of is a dir

Re: [meteorite-list] Mad Cow and Vaca Muerta

2004-01-03 Thread Howard Wu
Prions are supposedly heat resistant and carry no genetic material. Then there is the question of how a prion would get into a cows brain. Only possible way I can think of is a direct impact to the skull by a micro fragment. Vaca Muerta comes to mind though any fall out in the range only witnessed