Zombies closer than we think?

[Byte Stryke]

seems that the history channel has gotten one right..

Prions could actually create a human zombie like type epidemic...

and the CDC tends to (kinda) agree http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/prions/



currently prions create zombie like symptoms but not the "undead" Status.

given how fast evolution affects lower life forms, it could be a few years....or a few weeks

[glockedandloaded]

all i have to say about that is. People are always asking me if i know Tyler Durden

[BushMasterBoy]

Never eat the brains or parts of the nervous system of any animal. Prions are parts of a virus that are able to replicate into a full virus life form. "Wasting Disease" of local deer is a form of this disease. This virus can mutate to a human form called "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001792/

I quit eating hamburger...you never know what they put in it! When a disease transfers from an animal to human it is called a "zoonosis". Virus's can and will mutate with every infection because they use your DNA to replicate!
You think an illegal immmigrant, paid minimum wage, will care what cow parts fall in your ground meat? Did I tell you story of the botulism I got from a Wendys hamburger...

[Irving]

Do you think ANY minimum wage earner, legal or not will care what falls into your food?

[BushMasterBoy]

Do you think ANY minimum wage earner, legal or not will care what falls into your food?

I used to be a minimum wage earner as a teenager...and yes I cared about the food I prepared at the workplace. It was the 70's...today I'm not so sure! You are most likely correct Irving. Makes you want to grow your own food.

[KevDen2005]

Interesting read...I will finish my hamburger now...BECAUSE IT'S DELICIOUS

[grrr]

You should try to avoid spreading misinformation. Prions are not virii and don't "replicate into" life forms of any sort. Prions are misfolded proteins. When they come in contact with certain other proteins they cause them to fold incorrectly & create new prions. They are not alive. They do not take over healthy living cells as every virus does.

There are also zero confirmed cases of CJD or vCJD or nvCJD caused by contact with deer suffering from CWD.

It's also very unlikely that you got botulism from from hamburger. It's also not fast food employees who make the hamburger patties. They come pre-made to the restaurants. Frozen in most cases, but fresh at Wendy's.

Never eat the brains or parts of the nervous system of any animal. Prions are parts of a virus that are able to replicate into a full virus life form. "Wasting Disease" of local deer is a form of this disease. This virus can mutate to a human form called "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001792/

I quit eating hamburger...you never know what they put in it! When a disease transfers from an animal to human it is called a "zoonosis". Virus's can and will mutate with every infection because they use your DNA to replicate!
You think an illegal immmigrant, paid minimum wage, will care what cow parts fall in your ground meat? Did I tell you story of the botulism I got from a Wendys hamburger...

[streetglideok]

You should try to avoid spreading misinformation. Prions are not virii and don't "replicate into" life forms of any sort. Prions are misfolded proteins. When they come in contact with certain other proteins they cause them to fold incorrectly & create new prions. They are not alive. They do not take over healthy living cells as every virus does.

There are also zero confirmed cases of CJD or vCJD or nvCJD caused by contact with deer suffering from CWD.

It's also very unlikely that you got botulism from from hamburger. It's also not fast food employees who make the hamburger patties. They come pre-made to the restaurants. Frozen in most cases, but fresh at Wendy's.

This guy has it right. Prions are misfolded proteins. Cooking doesnt get rid of them either. In one form it causes CWD, and another version its tied to "mad cow disease". There was a soldier that came back from iraq or afghanistan some time ago, who ate goat meat given by local villagers. he came down with the human form of madcow disease, and is believed it came from the goat.

[SA Friday]

Prions are folded proteins, enzymes. The strongest bond in an enzyme is a sulpher bridge, a covalent bond. All the other bonds that retain the folds are weaker chemical bonds. ALL of the bonds will denature during cooking at a temp of 160 degrees F. They may be very resistant to other forms of denaturing like pH change and lower temp changes like a fever, but resistant to cooking? No way. You simply cannot defy the laws of electrons energy levels and the laws of thermodynamics.

[mcantar18c]

Just got home. A beer short of full on drunk and craving a burger. Got some tasty burgerzs in the freezer and Ima fire up the grill and cook one for me and one for the dog.
Screw prions, and zombies.