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DATE : Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2010-01-23 08:00:00
length : 5376317
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A disease called Kuru exploded through a population of people in Papua New Guinea in the 1950's. It was eventually linked to their practice of cannibalistic funeral rituals. Many died, but now researchers have discovere that those that survived had a genetic immunity to the disease.

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