Guest guest Posted February 11, 1999 Report Share Posted February 11, 1999 Headline: NEW SCIENTIST: Issue cover date -- 13 February 1999 Wire Service: OTC (COMTEX Newswire) THE HEAT IS ON The high temperatures routinely used to sterilise surgical instruments in British hospitals might actually be helping to spread the deadly disease CJD. Researchers in Scotland believe that increasing the temperature makes prions, the rogue proteins thought to cause the disease, more stable. Page 18 New Scientist Planet Science provides Internet users with news, features, reviews and comment drawn weekly from the pages of New Scientist magazine, as well as extra material exclusive to the web site. The site can be found at: http://www.newscientist.com. -0- ©1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTDCONTACT: Jane Baldwin, Business Information Press Office, for full-text articles Tel: +44 (0) e-mail: jane.baldwinrbi.co.uk Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Officer, for further background information/interviews Tel: +44 (0) e-mail: claire.bowlesrbi.co.uk M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES. Copyright 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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