The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease by Robert Klitzman

The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease

Robert Klitzman

344 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction science sociology informative medium-paced
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Kuru, like Mad Cow disease, is caused by a rare, infectious crystal protein that invades and colonizes human cells, destroying the nervous system of its victims. There is no known cure. It flourished in one of the remotest places on earth, Papua N...

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