There is an illness which humans can get from eating human flesh and there is some sort of mutation which protects a person from it.
Does anyone remember what it is called so I can look for more information?
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"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
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Patrick Ogaard
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That is a help, makes me know where to start looking.Patrick Ogaard wrote:There's kuru, which likely fits the bill.
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"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
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The following looks like it's directly applicable:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... nibal.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... nibal.html
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Patrick beat me to it. I was going to say Kuru as well. Its basically a prion disease. Other prion disease include CJD (human version of mad cow's disease).
Basically the infectious agent is not so much a bacteria or virus, but a protein which has the same components as the "normal" protein, but structurally different. This structure when it comes into contact with the normal variant causes the normal protein to change into the abnormal structure.
Basically the infectious agent is not so much a bacteria or virus, but a protein which has the same components as the "normal" protein, but structurally different. This structure when it comes into contact with the normal variant causes the normal protein to change into the abnormal structure.
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It is indeed kuru you were thinking of, and in one of my classes this specifically came up. It's also touched on in the National Geographic article, but I can explain it better.
The un-mutated codon in this gene that does not protect against prions is M, coding for methionine. People homozygous for this, M/M, are susceptible to kuru, as well as CJD and other prion diseases. The mutation M129V which makes people resistant to the prions means that at that codon, a nucleotide changed somewhere, changing the coding from methionine to valine. Someone heterozygous for M/V is resistant. (Interestingly, it was mentioned in my class as well that while V/V homozygotes aren't as susceptible as M/M, they're still less protected than M/V heterozygotes.)
I hope that wasn't too simplistic or confusing, or both.
The un-mutated codon in this gene that does not protect against prions is M, coding for methionine. People homozygous for this, M/M, are susceptible to kuru, as well as CJD and other prion diseases. The mutation M129V which makes people resistant to the prions means that at that codon, a nucleotide changed somewhere, changing the coding from methionine to valine. Someone heterozygous for M/V is resistant. (Interestingly, it was mentioned in my class as well that while V/V homozygotes aren't as susceptible as M/M, they're still less protected than M/V heterozygotes.)
I hope that wasn't too simplistic or confusing, or both.
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