WHAT IS A PRION ?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=32 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>CHEMISTRY SCHOOL</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHEMISTRY SCHOOL"><U>HOME PAGE - INDEX TO THE LESSONS</U></A><B>  </B><B>      </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=218 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>WHAT IS A PRION ?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> 1<B>.</B><A HREF="prions.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><B>WHAT IS A PRION ?</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>2.</B><A HREF="what_is_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><B>WHAT IS BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="what_is_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE ?</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>3.</B><A HREF="preventing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PREVENTING BSE"><U><B>PREVENTING BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="preventing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PREVENTING BSE"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>4.</B><A HREF="curing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CURING BSE"><U><B>CURING BSE</B></U></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="curing_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CURING BSE"><U><B>MAD COWS DISEASE</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=448 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="522" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2841 ><NOBR><div> PRIONS, </div> <div> ARE SAID TO BE, A FORM OF PROTEIN.</div> <div> YOU MAY REMEMBER, </div> <div> WE USE PROTEINS, TO CREATE OUR CELLS.</div> <div> YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER, THAT PROTEIN, </div> <div> IS MADE OF, MANY TYPES OF <A HREF="what_is_protein.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS PROTEIN ?"><U>AZINES & AZOID</U></A> AMINES.</div> <div> THAT JOIN TOGETHER, TO MAKE THE LONG STRANDS, </div> <div> OF PROTEIN FIBERS,THAT ALL LIVING CELLS ARE MADE OF. </div> <bR> <div> WHEN, THE FOOD OF PENNED IN ANIMALS, DOES NOT CONTAIN, </div> <div> ALL THE AMINES, THAT ARE NECESSARY, </div> <div> TO CREATE, EACH TYPE OF PROTEIN FIBRE, THAT THEY NEED, </div> <div> THEY BEGIN TO TAKE, THE MISSING AMINES, THAT THEY REQUIRE, </div> <div> FROM OTHER ORGANS, IN THEIR OWN BODYS. </div> <bR> <div> IN THE CASE OF PRIONS AND BSE,  <A NAME="cysteine_bookmark_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> ALL THOSE COWS, WITH PRIONS, IN THEIR BRAINS,</div> <div> LACKED <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#methionine_" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>METHIONINE</U></U></A></FONT><A HREF="#methionine_" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U>,</U></A>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cysteine_definition_1" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>CYSTEINE</U></U></A></FONT>  AND  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#taurine_" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>TAURINE</U></U></A></FONT>, IN THEIR DIET,</div> <div> METHIONINE & CYSTEINE ARE NEEDED, TO CREATE, NEW PROTEIN FIBERS.</div> <div> WHEREAS, TAURINE IS USED TO CREATE, THE MONOCYTE, WHITE BLOOD CELLS,</div> <div> THAT COWS NEED, TO FIGHT DISEASES, IN URINE AND OTHER RANCH WASTES.</div> <div> THEY, THEREFORE, TOOK THE METHIONINE AND CYSTEINE, </div> <div> THAT THEY NEEDED, FROM THE PROTEIN, IN THEIR BRAIN CELLS. </div> <bR> <div> THIS CAUSED, THEIR BRAINS, TO LOOK LIKE, EMPTY SPONGES, </div> <div> AND THE PROTEIN FIBRES, IN THEIR BRAINS, TO LACK, THEIR NORMAL STRUCTURE. </div> <div> THOSE NERVE PROTEIN FIBERS, IN THEIR BRAINS,</div> <div> THAT LACK, ALL THEIR REQUIRED METHIONINE & CYSTEINE,</div> <div> ARE CALLED <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>PRIONS</U></FONT></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cystine_lackin_mad_cows_disease_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> BECAUSE, COWS WITH PRIONS, ALSO LACK TAURINE,</div> <div> FOR THEIR WHITE BLOOD CELLS, THEY ARE ALSO, PRONE TO GET DISEASES.</div> <div> WHICH IS WHY, ALL THE COWS, IN ENGLAND, WITH PRIONS,</div> <div> SOON DEVELOPED, BSE AND OR SCRAPIES. </div> <bR> <div> IN ENGLAND, 66% OF THE ANIMALS, WITH PRION RELATED DEFICIENCYS,</div> <div> WERE CURED WITH HIGH <U>CHAFF</U> OATS & WHEAT GERM, REINFORCED ANIMAL FEEDS </div> <div> WITHIN 60 WEEKS, AFTER DR.MANLY OF CHEM-DATA.COM, ADVISED THEM, </div> <div> THAT THEIR CATTLE, WITH PRIONS, LACKED METHIONINE, CYSTEINE AND TAURINE. </div> <bR> <div> <U>CHAFF</U> IS THE SKIN OR HUSK OF GRAINS.</div> <div> IT CONTAINS, THE OILS AND PROTEINS,THAT ARE NECESSARY, </div> <div> FOR SICK COWS, TO HAVE, IN ORDER, TO CREATE,</div> <div> THEIR HORNS, HIDE HAIR AND NERVES DENDRITES.</div> <bR> <div> THE ANIMAL FEED, PELLETS, THAT THEIR OWNERS,</div> <div> HAD BEEN FEEDING THEM, CONTAINED NO OILS OR ESSENTIAL AMINES,</div> <div> AND THEREFORE, THE USE OF AMINE DEFICIENT FEED PELLETS,</div> <div> CREATED, THE WASTING DISEASES IN THEIR COWS.</div> <bR> <div> NOW, THAT YOU KNOW WHAT PRIONS ARE,</div> <div> AND HOW THEY ARE CREATED,</div> <div> YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, </div> <bR> <div> OUR NEXT LESSON,  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="what_is_bse.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHAT IS BSE ,MAD COWS DISEASEBSE ?"><U><U>WHAT IS BSE and MAD COWS DISEASE ?</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="methionine_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> METHIONINE<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT></div> <div> IS A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINE, </div> <div> THAT IS THE FIRST AMINE, IN PROTEIN STRANDS.</div> <div> AND THEREFORE,</div> <div> IS USED, IN EVERY CELL, IN A COWS BODY.</div> <div> AND ALSO IS FOUND IN:</div> <div> 8% OF THEIR HIDE KERATINS</div> <div> 14% OF THEIR HOOVES </div> <div>                 18% OF THEIR BRAIN & LIVER CELL PROTEIN </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cysteine_bookmark_1" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE PRION DESCRIPTION ABOVE</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="cysteine_definition_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <div> CYSTEINE: A SULFURON CONTAINING AMINO ACID, </div> <div>                      THAT IS,</div> <div>                                    32% OF A FEMALE COWS BONES, </div> <div>                                    26% OF THEIR HIDE KERATIN AND</div> <div>                                    30% OF THEIR BRAIN CELL PROTEIN </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cysteine_bookmark_1" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE PRION DESCRIPTION ABOVE</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="taurine_definition_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>  <A NAME="taurine_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> TAURINE: </div> <div> IN HEIFERS AND DIARY COWS, CYSTEINE, CYSTINE AND TAURINE</div> <div> ARE THREE NEEDED, HAIR, HIDE, NERVE MYELIN SHEATH</div> <div> AND WHITE BLOOD CELL, IMMUNE FACTOR, COMPONENTS.</div> <div> HOWEVER, IN BULLS AND BULL CALVES, TAURINE IS THE MOST ESSENTIAL.</div> <bR> <div> TAURINE IS A SULFUR CONTAINING AMINE, </div> <div> THAT CAN BE SYNTHESIZED, IN THE LIVER,</div> <div> OF CATTLE, FROM CYSTEINE,</div> <div> HOWEVER, IF THE DIET OF A MOTHER COW,</div> <div> ALREADY, DOES NOT CONTAIN, ENOUGH, CYSTEINE,</div> <div> FOR HER, TO KEEP HER FUR AND BONES STRONG,</div> <div> SHE MUST FEED ON TAURINE CONTAINING GRAINS,</div> <div> IN ORDER, TO KEEP HER, FROM TAKING, </div> <div> THE CYSTEINE, FROM HER BRAIN PROTEIN,</div> <div> FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HER CALVES, NEEDED TAURINE</div> <bR> <div> TAURINE IS FOUND IN ALL THE PROTEIN OF BULLS,</div> <div> WHICH IS WHY THE CURIE'S NAMED IT:, <I>TAURINE</I></div> <div> <I>TAURUS</I> = BULL +<I> INE</I> = SMALL PART OF </div> <bR> <div> TAURINE MAKES UP 10% OF A COW'S, HIDE KERATINS,</div> <div> 28% OF ITS BRAIN, MYELINATED CEREBELLUM TISSUE AND,</div> <div> 14% OF ITS INTESTINAL SIDE WALLS.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#cysteine_bookmark_1" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U><U>BACK TO YOUR BOOK MARK IN THE PRION DESCRIPTION ABOVE</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#cysteine_bookmark_1" TITLE="WHAT IS A PRION ?"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> </td> 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