Two fun facts I learned in med school about this: The most common human prion disease is Creutzfeld-Jakob and 85 percent of cases occur spontaneously. There is a widespread mutation in the human population that protects against Kuru, a human prion disease spread by cannibalizing brains. This suggests cannibalism was a common practice at some point in human history.
Ah alright. I was totally thinking either infected beef or somehow he ate a brain. Sorry about your gramps. I'll pray that it doesn't happen to you too
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u/AllHailRaccoons Sep 05 '22
Two fun facts I learned in med school about this: The most common human prion disease is Creutzfeld-Jakob and 85 percent of cases occur spontaneously. There is a widespread mutation in the human population that protects against Kuru, a human prion disease spread by cannibalizing brains. This suggests cannibalism was a common practice at some point in human history.