Foreign body : mad cow disease /
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), an incurable illness that destroys the human brain, is generally transmitted genetically or through blood transfusions. Cattle share a similar illness called bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease. When people with no history of CJD or blood...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[1999]
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| Series: | Medical detectives.
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| Summary: | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), an incurable illness that destroys the human brain, is generally transmitted genetically or through blood transfusions. Cattle share a similar illness called bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease. When people with no history of CJD or blood transfusions began contracting the disease, the question arose: could eating tainted beef be the cause? Neurologist Dr. Stanley Prusiner answered the question--and won the Nobel prize--when he discovered the harmless prion and its mutated form, which is the cause of both diseases. This program is a valuable source of information on animal and human encephalopathies, whose spread threatens to become a worldwide epidemic. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast in 1998 on the Learning Channel. "FFH8610." Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Paul Van Haute ; editors, Rich Loughridge and John V. Pappalardo ; art, Kevin J. Coyle ; music, Mark Stocker. |