[UA] cannibalism and stuff.

[Chris Cooper]

--- Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> wrote:
> The kuru story I remember is that the
> anthropologists couldn't figure out
> why it was cropping back up in one tribe where the
> natives had taken to
> cooking: Usually, it only occurs from eating raw
> brains, if I recall
> correctly.

>From what I understand about prions, cooking doesn't
really denature them to well. They aren't like
bacteria or virii, they are chemical compounds and it
takes a great deal of heat and/or pressure to kill
them.

Then again I didn't study biochemistry.

Cheers,

Chris.


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