U.S. Woman Dies from Mad Cow-Like Brain Disease That Lay Dormant for 50 Years

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-woman-dies-from-mad-cow-like-brain-disease-that-lay-dormant-for-50-years-2000603359

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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y

British people of a certain age will feel nervous when they read this story.

Geetnerd@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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Trimatrix@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Oh man deer are F R E A K Y when it comes to disease carriers They got the mad cow prions, the chronic wasting prions, natural reservoir for COVID, hemorrhagic diseases, west nile…. They are odd animals.

AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y

Prions scare the shit out of me. I never want to read about them ever again.

Geetnerd@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y

We must construct additional prions

Bristlecone@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

Fuuuuuck, another prion abnormality 😭

halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Your proteins going about their day folding and folding, doing their thing like they have every day of your life. And then one of them just, does it wrong. And that's it for you.