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"As I teach my students "a scientist .......
MCD is an infectious protein (prion). ........... The only place it USED
to be rampant was in those small
populations of humans who ate the brains of family members for ritual
reasons. Now
that has stopped so has Kuru."

Ingrid

Not to get into your debates here, but I would like some info/leads on the
groups where this was rampant.
TIA
Gunner