Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

infeeeee@lemm.ee · 10 months ago

Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

SomeoneWhoIsntMe@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Prions are damn scary. Not even technically “alive” but will kill you dead.

wellee@lemmy.world · edit-2 10 months ago

Prevention: Avoiding practices of cannibalism

infeeeee@lemm.ee · 10 months ago

Or just buy your dinner’s genetic history on the dark web from the 23andme hack, and make sure they don’t have a history of encephalopathy. Modern problems require modern solutions.

Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

Kuru or laughing sickness - a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via cannibalism

Kuru (disease) - Wikipedia