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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
It's called Kuru, or the Laughing Sickness. The neurons in some parts of the brain misfire, causing spasms of the diaphragm and lungs, which sounds like forced laughter, and it eventually swiss-cheeses your brain. It's possible that it's another disease caused by prions, which are the same screwed-up proteins that cause Mad Cow Disease.
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You are right about that one but you don't get it by eating human flesh. You get it if you eat viscera (Intestin, heart, brain...). Therefore, you take a risk only if you plan to make haggis from human livestocks
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From what I remebered it was studied by an Australian scientist but I don't recall hiss name. Help wanted from the Aussies please.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kuru/kuru.htm