Penetration is not the right term. Prions *are* a protien, that is a chain of amino acids, with some folding and cross linking. There is nothing to penetrate, but the chain could be altered. DMSO destroys the protien coating on some viruses, but is not known to destroy or alter all protiens. That said it's effect on prions is not tested to my knowledge. But I betcha someone somewhere is looking real close at it.
Garnet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DimethylSulfoxide-DMSO On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 12:57, Thora Rasmussen wrote: > I have followed some of the discussion on DMSO entering or destroying the > coating on proteins. Now, if that is true, then does that follow that > Prions, with are a deformed protein, could be penetrated by DMSO? > > Thora > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
