69 - Prions
Jul 03, 2025•36 min•Season 5Ep. 12
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Why shouldn't you eat brains? How are cannibalism and mad cow disease linked? Can Jin say "transmissible spongiform encephalopathy" three times as fast?
Let's learn about one of the most terrifying, unstoppable infectious diseases we know about: prions.
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