X-Message-Number: 22244 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:43:00 +1000 From: Simon Carter <> Subject: Re: Inquiry about prions, CryoNet Message #22240 In CryoNet Message #22240 Francois asked several questions concerning the mechanism of action of prions, full text of message available at: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=22240 ............................................... Hi Francois (and others interested in the issue): You might be better off posting your queries to another list however searching on 'prion' at the Scientific American site http://www.sciam.com will give you a number of pointers, in particular an article by Stanley Prusiner, the 1997 Nobel Laureate in Medicine ("for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection"). The article is quite readable, contains references to the primary literature, and can be found at: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?colID=1&articleID=0009FD80-C3C6-1C5A- B882809EC588ED9F Long life, Simon Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22244