HOW MAD COW DISEASE IS TRANSMITTED IN HUMANS - DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

How Mad Cow Disease is Transmitted in Humans



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Mad cow disease in humans, known scientifically as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, can be passed on to humans when eating meat from contaminated animals, for example. This disease has no cure because it is caused by prions, which are abnormal proteins that settle in the brain and lead to the gradual development of definitive lesions, causing symptoms common to dementia that include difficulty thinking or talking, for example