Dinner is served! On the menu: Brains with a side of maggots! Join us as we kick off the first episode of spooky season. Lilah provides background on an untouched civilization with some interesting ritualistic practices while Nicole covers the ins and outs of prion disease with details that will blow your mind, pun intended. Stay tuned, things are gonna get weird.

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Cheers!

Sources:

Wikipedia page on “Fore people”

Article “Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery” by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

Documentary “Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery” by Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health article “Kuru, the first human prion disease” written by Pawel P. Liberski

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website

Hektoen International Post “Revisiting the History of Kuru” written by Tanzila Atifali Saiyed

Science Daily article “Brain disease 'resistance gene' evolves in Papua New Guinea community; could offer insights into CJD”

Topics:

Kuru Disease

The Fore people of Papua New Guinea

Cannibalism