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    <body><![CDATA[I'll never end up reading this whole book, because I don't own it and I'm not interested enough to buy it.  But I read about a third of my mother's copy while visiting, and the subject matter is very interesting.  It's about prion diseases - the most famous of which is mad cow, but scrapie (the dise...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9514172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More than just about prion diseases, this book is a exploration into the world of science, medicine, diagnosis, and treatment.  Through his research, Max shows the true futility of science as a trial and error method that has done little to turely understand such a fundemental component like protien...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76422553">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book will scare you - I lived right next to the Cherry Hill Race Track where some of the bad beef was! It explains where things like Mad Cow disease comes from in a way that anyone can understand. It's a scientific book wrapped around this family that has a gene that doesn't allow them to sleep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34161545">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very enjoyable popular science book about the history of research into prion disease. Max had me turning the pages much faster than I expected for something that could have been a dull topic even to someone that likes popular science books on diseases. All three known types of prion diseases are c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65249185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For those who are ready to embrace their inner medical nerdiness, this is will be a very interesting read. And for those who are not, well, you might find the title the most catchy part of the book (because it does get a bit technical at times). The title only refers to Fetal Familial Insomnia but t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34153850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[in sharing the story of an italian family beset by a strange medical illness that causes insomnia and eventually death, the author also explains the history of that rare class of illness known as prion diseases.  much is still unknown about them, but he goes through the history of how what we do kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5658689">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really interesting medical mystery which deals with a prion disease which causes insomnia and eventually death in its sufferers.  The author does an excellent job of linking the various prion diseases, and I am quite intrigued to see what science comes up with to finally explain these phenomena.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book covers a lot of ground -- an Italian family that can't sleep, cannibalistic natives in Papua New Guinea who can't stop laughing, mad cow disease and scrapie, a disease that afflicts sheep and makes them think they are itchy.  Scary stuff all linked to a mysterious malfolding of proteins in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61934572">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting book about the discovery of prions and diseases that they cause.  The author suffers from a similar type of disease.  The medical anthropology is good, but the book did start to drag a little towards the end.  Reminds me how political the 'search for knowledge' really is, and how ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59976940">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually have trouble getting into non-fiction books, but this one turned out to be quite a page-turner.  It's about the discovery of diseases that are caused by prions (like mad cow).  It makes you wonder - if there was a whole disease mechanism no one knew about until just recently, what else don...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49391222">more...</a>]]></body>
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