Spongiform

... viruses can work without DNA/RNA,such as prion viruses.it can depend the host DNA to finish its replication etc.The typical example is BSE(Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

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... prion-like proteins derived from yeast that have physical- chemical properties similar to that of the prion proteins responsible for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs), including Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease in human s, Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, and scrapie in sheep. Though non-pathogenic, ...

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... virus has diverged from its animal progenitor. Recent examples of direct zoonoses are variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease arising from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Hong Kong. Epidemics of recent animal origin are the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic, ...

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... your post on 9/11 re. prions and protease-resistant PrP isoform detected in urine of hamsters, cattle and humans suffering from transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: Are you familiar with the book called "Brain Trust, The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer's ...

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... now show that a protease-resistant PrP isoform can also be detected in the urine of hamsters, cattle, and humans suffering from transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Most important, this PrP isoform (UPrPSc) was also found in the urine of hamsters inoculated with prions long before the ...

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