@itsjillianrowe: THE SHEEP ARE BACK. 🐑 In 1959, veterinary pathologist William Hadlow saw images of brain tissue from people who had died of kuru and realized he’d seen something eerily similar before. In sheep!!! The mysterious disease scrapie, which scientists had been studying for generations, produced brain changes that reminded him of what researchers were seeing in kuru. Hadlow suggested something pretty radical: If scrapie could be experimentally transmitted between animals… maybe scientists should try transmitting kuru to primates. And scientists actually did it. That experiment is where this story gets absolutely wild. #creutzfeldtjakobdisease #PrionDisease #Kuru #CJD #MedicalHistory
There's a shoe brand called Kuru and I can't believe no one googled that word before filing to business name
2026-09-21 11:01:08
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christine! :
hey, so this is my great uncle
2026-10-04 15:34:31
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invisibleactsoflove :
Dangerous diseases shouldn’t sound like a delicious takeout order.
2026-09-01 19:13:05
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cato :
every time I get on this app I end up with a new phobia
2026-09-22 05:26:27
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Saratonin 🔥 :
My mom passed from CJD in 2018. It was horrifying.
2026-09-02 03:59:02
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Jdjd Jd :
Bro if u eat human Brian u get kuru but any other part is fine just cook properly
2026-10-09 17:04:08
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DooRander :
kourou sounds exotic when you say it like that. but it isn't 😅
2026-09-01 00:12:01
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Gabby :
It’s pronounced “pree-on”
2026-09-27 15:55:39
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user1013287225984 :
never heard of this but if it's transferable then we should all know about it. Where's the rest of this video when you can have 10 min and longer videos?
2026-09-26 16:29:40
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kaylewelch :
i’ve never heard anyone say prion like that
2026-10-05 21:07:07
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TILmoregal :
in my country I am not allowed to donate blood at all because I was born in the year the mad cow disease was rampant. it's because the prions can go undetected in our blood for years.
2026-10-06 07:54:54
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akhil :
Kuru? The musical artist?
2026-09-27 11:53:36
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lokacinna :
also y'all: kuru specifically is extinct! other prion diseases do still exist, sure, but not kuru specifically. kuru's transmission was halted in the 60s and its last case died in 2009.
2026-10-08 04:11:46
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Tabatha | 타바타 :
unrelated but you look like Brittany Snow
2026-09-30 22:23:38
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Eeelllsss_0000 :
Cutest disease names
2026-09-22 07:53:27
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deer🦌 :
have you considered starting a podcast? I could listen to the way you tell stories all day
2026-10-26 13:44:17
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laurabaird636 :
but both effected the brains
2026-09-01 01:52:32
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Evil Engine Number 9 :
Deadly Feasts is a great read about prions.
2026-09-23 02:30:34
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রিশান :
So Dylan is afraid of this.
2026-10-21 03:06:21
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ali :
I fell asleep listening to your video on CJD and human growth hormones on loop, and had the most peaceful sleep in quite a while, and woke up to it still playing. So thanks 😅
2026-10-05 11:04:20
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Pemuda Tersesat :
w vet
2026-10-06 15:23:40
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Kat Lex :
PREEEE-ONS NOT PRY ONS
2026-10-25 07:54:22
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sunnydcarter :
“unfortunately for several chimpanzees-“ we fkn killed them w kuru? wtf guys
2026-09-22 11:22:14
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Lizz :
Prions diseases are terrifying...and Im sure figuring out what's going on with them will take a long time given the risk with interacting with the bodies of those infected....[Innocent]
2026-09-22 11:08:13
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