Killing prions with ozone
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 07:03
in Health & Medicine
When it comes to infectious agents, it doesnt get much worse than prions. These misfolded proteins are highly resistant to a wide variety of extreme disinfectant procedures. They have been identified as the culprits behind mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease in animals and humans, and are also implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion-related disorders.