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Can potential hazard of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infectivity be reduced in the production of human growth hormone?

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Can potential hazard of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infectivity be reduced in the production of human growth hormone?

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Scrapie infectivity is reduced 5-6 logs following filtration through 100,000 MW cut-off filter plus overnight treatment with 6 M urea. These steps, applied to purified human Growth Hormone (hGH), increase the margin of safety of hGH.

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