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Did mad cow disease actually come from humans?

3 November 2023

Professor John Collinge (UCL Institute of Prion Diseases) looks into the origins of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease, and evaluates why more people did not contract the incurable disease.

Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Cows Are Mad' (from 9 mins)