The environmental origins of TSEs: the ferrimagneto-prion theory.(transmissible spongiform encephalopathy)(usage of ferrimagnetic substances for the treatment of mad cow fever)

From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Purdey, Mark | Copyright information

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A Department of Natural Resources truck kicks up the dust across the dried out canyon, its engines reverberating in the quiet air. It stops at the main entrance gates along the perimeter fence. One of the wildlife officers gets out and walks to security, seemingly obli...

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