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Airborne Prions Prove Lethal In Mouse Studies

Posted by Soulskill on from the denny-crane dept.

sgunhouse writes "Wired has a story up on the lethality of airborne prions. It should be noted that prions (which cause 'mad cow disease' and similar disorders) are not normally airborne, and take a long time to kill the infected animal, but so far are 100% lethal if something else doesn't kill the animal first. So, they are not likely to be useful as a biological weapon (my first thought when reading their headline), but they present another safety precaution to consider."

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  1. Re:In other words by migla · · Score: 5, Funny

    pause, and think a moment before you run that cow through the wood chipper.

    I have paused to think. And now I can't get this question out of my head: How many cows would a woodchuck chip if a woodchuck would chip cows?

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