[golux]

Creutzfeldt–Jakob is Mad Cow disease. Another reminder of how outrageously complex those biomolecules called proteins are, and how important their shape and structure are... All of them made from only 20 or so amino acids. Just mind-boggling, the complexity of life.

[tuffydoodle]

There used to be a tv show called Diagnosis: Dead or Alive, that told stories of people with hard to diagnosis illnesses. One lady died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and this was in the U.S. so I’m surprised they are saying this is the first time someone has contracted it in this country. She might have gone out of the country and gotten it but I don’t remember if they said that in the tv show. They were fixing to do brain surgery on her and at the last minute, they realized what was going on. Said if they had of opened up her head, it would have turned into a Hazmat situation.

[miss marmelstein]

Which used to be called Staggers - at least in Great Britain.