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release name: How.the.Cows.Turned.Mad.Unlocking.the.Mysteries.of.Mad.Cow.Disease.eBook-EEn
release date: 08.21.07 size: 2.35 MB
author: Maxime Schwartz
title: How the Cows Turned Mad: Unlocking the Mysteries of Mad
Cow Disease
ISBN: 0520243374 FORMAT: PDF category/genre: Health

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Fear of mad cow disease, a lethal illness
transmitted from infected beef to humans, has
spread from Europe to the United States and
around the world. Originally published to much
acclaim in France, this scientific thriller,
available in English for the first time and
updated with a new chapter on developments in
2001, tells of the hunt for the cause of an
enigmatic class of fatal brain infections, of
which mad cow disease is the latest incarnation.
In gripping, nontechnical prose, Maxime Schwartz
details the deadly manifestations of these
diseases throughout history, describes the major
players and events that led to discoveries about
their true nature, and outlines our current state
of knowledge. The book concludes by addressing the
question we all want answered: should we be afraid?

The story begins in the eighteenth century with the
identification of a mysterious illness called scrapie
that was killing British sheep. It was not until the
1960s that scientists understood that several animal
and human diseases, including scrapie, were identical,
and together identified them as transmissible
spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). The various guises
assumed throughout history by TSE include an illness
called kuru in a cannibalistic tribe in Papua New
Guinea, an infectious disease that killed a group of
children who had been treated for growth hormone
deficiencies, and mad cow disease. Revealing the
fascinating process of scientific discovery that led
to our knowledge of TSE, Schwartz relates pivotal
events in the history of biology, including the
Pasteurian revolution, the birth of genetics, the
emergence of molecular biology, and the latest
developments in biotechnology. He also explains the
Nobel Prize-winning prion hypothesis, which has
rewritten the rules of biological heredity and is a
key link between the distinctive diseases of TSE.

Up-to-date, informative, and thoroughly captivating,
How the Cows Turned Mad tells the story of a disease
that continues to elude on many levels. Yet science
has come far in understanding its origins,
incubation, and transmission. This authoritative book
is a stunning case history that illuminates the
remarkable progression of science.

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