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>In the interim, scientists had discovered that that type of hormone treatment they got could unwittingly transfer bits of protein into recipients’ brains. In some cases, it had induced a fatal brain disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD — a finding that led to the banning of the procedure 40 years ago.

In other words, it gave people mad cow disease.

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Not “mad cow disease”, but CJD.

“Mad Cow Disease” specifically refers to the variant form that is said to have been caused by prions from infected animals turning up in beef products.

Though in fact all we know for sure about the link there is that it’s the same prion in the cattle and human cases; the suggestion that there’s a direct food chain connection is still only considered very likely, not proven.

That's not to mention the zombies. There was a huge cover up.

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