A genetic mutation that may protect people from brain-destroying Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been identified. A mutation was found in a Papua New Guinea tribe that ate human brains as part of funeral feasts.
Gene Found In Former Brain-eaters Provides Resistance To Human Version Of 'Mad Cow' Disease
Tech Times - 10 Jun 2015 23:50
A genetic mutation that may protect people from brain-destroying Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been identified. A mutation was found in a Papua New Guinea tribe that ate human brains as part of funeral feasts.
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