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1 videocassette (24 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
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.
produced by Medstar Television, Inc. ; produced by Diane Hunter Jones.
Originally broadcast in 1998 on the Learning Channel.
Director of photography, Paul Van Haute ; editors, Rich Loughridge and John V. Pappalardo ; art, Kevin J. Coyle ; music, Mark Stocker.
FFH 8610 Films for the Humanities & Sciences