Good Evening List Friends,
Here is a URL for a press release found on the Federation of Animal
Science Societies "FASS Tracks" clipping service
http://fass.org/fasstrack/news_item.asp?news_id=1301
It tells of the University of Toronto research, announced this week.
Researcher Dr. Neil Cashman and his team, "found that a
tyrosine-tyrosine-arginine amino acid sequence appears to be common (in
TSE prions) among species. Different species have different sequences of
prion proteins. But this Tyr-Tyr-Arg motif appears to be the same in
every species that we've been able to look at - humans, cattle, mice,
hamsters, sheep and elk. When we applied our antibodies to the infected
tissues and cells of our samples, they only bound to the abnormal prion
protein in all these species."
The researchers suggest that this finding may allow for the development
of diagnostic antibodies for the prions and even treatments and
vaccines.
Hope this one works out.
Regards
Ross Gould P.Ag.
Calgary, Alberta
