Peer reviewed papers by Mark Purdey.

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1. Anti-lactoferrin toxicity and elevated iron: The environmental prerequisites which activate susceptibility to tuberculosis infection? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2006;66(3):513-7. Epub 2005 Dec 1.
   
2. Auburn university research substantiates the hypothesis that metal microcrystal nucleators initiate the pathogenesis of TSEs. Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2006;66(1):197-9. Epub 2005 Oct 13. No abstract available.
   
3. Metal microcrystal pollutants: the heat resistant, transmissible nucleating agents that initiate the pathogenesis of TSEs? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2005;65(3):448-77.
   
4. The pathogenesis of Machado Joseph Disease: a high manganese/low magnesium initiated CAG expansion mutation in susceptible genotypes? Purdey M. J Am Coll Nutr. 2004 Dec;23(6):715S-29S. Review.
   
5. Elevated levels of ferrimagnetic metals in foodchains supporting the Guam cluster of neurodegeneration: do metal nucleated crystal contaminants [corrected] evoke magnetic fields that initiate the progressive pathogenesis of neurodegeneration? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2004;63(5):793-809. Erratum in: Med Hypotheses. 2005;65(6):1207.
   Protocol for Magnetic susceptibility testing of soils for the above paper.
   
6. Elevated silver, barium and strontium in antlers, vegetation and soils sourced from CWD cluster areas: do Ag/Ba/Sr piezoelectric crystals represent the transmissible pathogenic agent in TSEs? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2004;63(2):211-25.
   
7. Chronic barium intoxication disrupts sulphated proteoglycan synthesis: a hypothesis for the origins of multiple sclerosis. Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2004;62(5):746-54.
   
8. Does an infrasonic acoustic shock wave resonance of the manganese 3+ loaded/copper depleted prion protein initiate the pathogenesis of TSE? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2003 Jun;60(6):797-820.
   
9. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: a family of etiologically complex diseases--a review. Bounias M, Purdey M. Sci Total Environ. 2002 Oct 7;297(1-3):1-19. Review. Abstract
   
10. THE MANGANESE LOADED/COPPER DEPLETED BOVINE BRAIN FAILS TO NEUTRALISE INCOMING SHOCK BURSTS OF LOW FREQUENCY INFRASOUND; THE ORIGINS OF BSE? Mark Purdey; Journal of Cattle Practice (Journal of the British Cattle Veterinary Association)
    2002, Vol 10 , Part 4, p 311-335.
    
11. Does an ultra violet photooxidation of the manganese-loaded/copper-depleted prion protein in the retina initiate the pathogenesis of TSE? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2001 Jul;57(1):29-45.
    
    
12. Ecosystems supporting clusters of sporadic TSEs demonstrate excesses of the radical-generating divalent cation manganese and deficiencies of antioxidant co factors Cu, Se, Fe, Zn. Does a foreign cation substitution at prion protein's Cu domain initiate TSE? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 2000 Feb;54(2):278-306.
    
    
13. High-dose exposure to systemic phosmet insecticide modifies the phosphatidylinositol anchor on the prion protein: the origins of new variant transmissible spongiform encephalopathies? Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 1998 Feb;50(2):91-111.
    
    
14. The UK epidemic of BSE: slow virus or chronic pesticide-initiated modification of the prion protein? Part 2: An epidemiological perspective. Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 1996 May;46(5):445-54. Abstract
    
    
15. The UK epidemic of BSE: slow virus or chronic pesticide-initiated modification of the prion protein? Part 1: Mechanisms for a chemically induced pathogenesis/transmissibility. Purdey M. Med Hypotheses. 1996 May;46(5):429-43. Abstract
    
    
16. Are Organophosphate pesticides involved in the causation of BSE? Hypothesis based on a literature review and limited trials on BSE cattle. Purdey, M. Journal of Nutritional Medicine 1994; 4(1) 43 - 82.
    
    
17. Mad Cows and Warble Flies. Purdey M. Ecologist 1994, 24 (3) 100-104
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18. BSE; Are we being fed a lie? Purdey M. Ecologist, 2002, 32 (9) 33-37