An acid found in soil may make a disease killing deer less infectious


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Humic acids that are found in soil can be applied to elk brain tissue and nearly erase the brain protons called prions that cause a chronic wasting disease.  This disease is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that has killed deer, elk, and moose.  I think this is interesting and it is very good they have found a way to help these other populations of animals.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2018 at 9:27 AM

    I was unaware that there was something so harmful to deer in the soil.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2018 at 9:10 AM

    This is alarming because deer, elk, and moose were probably decreasing quickly because they eat grass which grows in soil.

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