Forensic Files - Season 3 Episode 4
Between 1986 and 1989, a disease swept through British cattle herds, which came to be known as Mad Cow disease. Scientists began to suspect that this was somehow related to some human illness. A California neurologist said both humans and animals were suffering from a mutated prion. When defective prions are transmitted from an infected host to a new host, they convert any normal prions they come across into copies of themselves so it is possible for a mutated prion to be transmitted from a cow to a person by eating beef. Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner received a Nobel prize for his work with prion.
First Air Date : 1996-04-21
Last Air date : 2011-06-17
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Crime, Documentary
Cast : Peter Thomas
Crew : Paul Dowling (Executive Producer)
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Subtitles :
- Season 3 : Episode 11998-10-01
- Season 3 : Episode 21998-10-08
- Season 3 : Episode 31998-10-15
- Season 3 : Episode 41998-10-22
- Season 3 : Episode 51998-10-29
- Season 3 : Episode 61998-11-05
- Season 3 : Episode 71998-11-12
- Season 3 : Episode 81998-11-19
- Season 3 : Episode 91998-12-03
- Season 3 : Episode 101998-12-03
- Season 3 : Episode 111999-01-07
- Season 3 : Episode 121999-01-14
- Season 3 : Episode 131999-01-21