Does cooking brain make it safe to eat?!


Question: Does cooking brain make it safe to eat.?
Does cooking brain make it safe to eat, so no prion diseases like transmissible spongiform encephalopathy can be contracted.?Health Question & Answer

Answers:
No.. Cooking does not destroy prions.. Even incinerating does not destroy prions.. They are pretty much resistant to proteases, heat, radiation, and formalin treatments..Health Question & Answer
The only way of destroying prions is soaking them in NaOH while heating them in an autoclave of 121 degrees celsius for an hour!Health Question & Answer
Uh im thinking noHealth Question & Answer
i am not 100% sure.. I know when i was a kid my mum cooked brains.. (i guess you are talking about sheep brains) we never had them rawHealth Question & Answer

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