Alarming news about Chronic Wasting Disease (Mad Cow Disease)
Plants can take up CWD-causing prions from soil in the lab. What happens if they are eaten?
Unfortunately the prions in those plants get into the brains of animals and people that eat them.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wasting-disease/plants-can-take-cwd-causing-prions-soil-lab-what-happens-if-they-are-eaten
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