Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery
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Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery

8.2 / 10 | 5h | Australia
2010 | Documentary
Australian scientist Michael Alpers dedicated over 50 years to researching Kuru, an obscure and incurable brain disease unique to the Fore people of New Guinea. Kuru was once thought to be a psychosomatic illness, an infection, a genetic disorder, even a sorcerer's curse, but Alpers' findings pointed to cannibalism as the culprit. Yet a recent discovery has proven to be even more disturbing: the malady is linked to mad cow disease and its human equivalent, variant CJD. With a decades-long incubation period, could a larger outbreak be on its way?

Cast List (15)

Rob Bygott
Rob Bygott
Director
Russ Harris
Russ Harris
Self - Narrator
Judy Davis
Judy Davis
Narrator
Atenamu Bavasa
Atenamu Bavasa
Self
Kasam Uvinda
Kasam Uvinda
Self
Taiyabu Tavi
Taiyabu Tavi
Self
Shirley Lindenbaum
Shirley Lindenbaum
Self - Anthropologist
Michael Alpers
Michael Alpers
Self - Medical Researcher
Pako Ombeya
Pako Ombeya
Self
Carleton Gajdusek
Carleton Gajdusek
Self - Virologist
Agusa Utigi
Agusa Utigi
Self
Stanley Prusiner
Stanley Prusiner
Self - Biochemist
John Collinge
John Collinge
Self - MRC PRION Unit, London
Ben Alpers
Ben Alpers
Writer
Rob Bygott
Rob Bygott
Writer

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