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'Laughing sickness' that kills 100% of people who catch it - but not until years later
Kuru, nicknamed "laughing disease" or "laughing death", was much more common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea back in the 1950s and 1960s than it is now - in fact, it is considered to ...
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Papua New Guinea cannibal tribe could hold clue to “mad cow disease”
The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Current Edition Topics ...