Prions
Mad cow disease! Cause we're feeling a little cRaZy!!!
Join John, Sabrina, Tyler, and the ghost of John's apartment as John tells us about prions, Mad Cow Disease, the eighties and Stranger Things! Mad Cow Disease, or vCJD, ravaged the UK in the late 80s/90s. What happened? Where did it go? Is it coming back? Tune in to find out!
Sci Club Pod is created by John Lavery, Tyler Sudholz and Sabrina Wilson. This episode's report and audio editing were by John Lavery.
References:
Subviral particles: viroids and prions | Cells | MCAT | Khan Academy (YouTube)
Stanley Prusiner: 'A Nobel prize doesn't wipe the scepticism away' (The Guardian)
Stanley B. Prusiner Facts (The Nobel Prize website)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) (Betterhealth.vic.gov.au)
Fact Sheet - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (inspectio.gc.ca)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet (ninds.nih.gov)
BSE Disaster: The History (NewScience)
Many more people could still die from mad cow disease in the UK (New Scientist)
More information about donating blood if you have lived in the UK (Australian Red Cross Lifeblood)