Procedure and apparatus for making proteinaceous materials innocuous, in particular slaughter-house waste, at risk of transmitting infective prions

摘要

A method for making proteinaceous materials innocuous, in particular slaughter-house waste. The treatment according to this method is susceptible to cause restructuring, into the alpha helical innocuous form, of the molecular structure of any infectious mutant form of prions present in the material subjected to treatment. Restructuring of the molecular structure is obtained through heat and cycles of electrical charges and discharges in the material. A possible embodiment of an apparatus suitable to perform the aforesaid procedure is also described.