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Does Hillary Clinton Have Kuru Disease?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 9 Jun 17

I follow a lot of different conspiracy theorists and while some of them can be way 'out there', some of them bring up some interesting items. When the whole “Pizzagate” debacle came to light it brought some new conspiracy...

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Is It Wrong To Admire An Infectious Disease?

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 6 Jun 17

That title might need some explanation. The disease I'm referring to is Spongiform Encephalitis but most people will probably know it as Mad Cow Disease (BSE / Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis). As of this moment there's no cure...

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New Human "Mad Cow" Disease in US?

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 11 Jul 08

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7497867.stm I was beginning to think this disease had gone away,but it seems not..It seems There may be a new strain of the "Mad Cow" (bovine) or CJD (Human) Disease in the US..Have You seen or...

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What is a prion?

Healthkeep @Healthkeep (996) • Israel 7 Mar 07

Prion is an infectious protein. Unlike a virus or a microbe, it has no nucleic acids in it - no DNA or RNA! One of the most famouse diseases it causes is "the mad cow disease" which is a variant of the Creutzfeld-Jakob...

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