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79: The Laughing Death

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Science, Comedy, Education

4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

There was a curious disease found in New Guinea, that caused a very odd pattern of deaths. The reason for the outbreak turned out to be very simple, but you won’t believe it...

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References and Further Reading 
  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466359/
  2. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/all-disorders/kuru-information-page
  3. https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=482952588
  4. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/index.html
  5. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-cjd/
  6. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-prion-specifica/
  7. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/bse/index.html
  8. https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease
  9. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-21755-X_3
  10. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20948292/
  11. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25131595/
  12. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24189576/
  13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28109329/
  14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18558863/
  15. https://people.howstuffworks.com/cannibalism8.htm
  16. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-self-cannibalism-is-bad-idea-2018-5?amp&r=US&IR=T
  17. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep44707/tables/2
  18. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lab-grown-human-meat-cannibalism
  19. https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/02/cannibalism-common-natural-history-bill-schutt

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