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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Kuru is a prion disease, like nvCJD, caused by a mutant protein in the brain. In the same way that eating neural tissue from a BSE-infected cow can give you CJD, eating neural tissue from a kuru-infected person gives you kuru. Hence why it's confined to a cannibal tribe.
I can go on about this stuff for hours so if you want more info, gaz me.
( , Wed 29 Apr 2009, 16:58, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

He will go on about it for hours, whether you gaz him or not.
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