Mad cow was spread by feeding cows "protein" from rendered cows. Kuru is another form of transmisible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that was common in New Guinea, it was spread by cannibalism. Kuru is a form of CJD
Other forms of CJD are contracted differently, about 10% are geneticly inherited. In those cases it doesn't show up until later in life.
These diseases are scary, as they are spread by infectious prions, which are proteins. It's like a virus without any genetic code.
Mad cow was spread by feeding cows "protein" from rendered cows. Kuru is another form of transmisible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that was common in New Guinea, it was spread by cannibalism. Kuru is a form of CJD Other forms of CJD are contracted differently, about 10% are geneticly inherited. In those cases it doesn't show up until later in life. These diseases are scary, as they are spread by infectious prions, which are proteins. It's like a virus without any genetic code.