Kuru: unravelling the mystery disease that left entire Papua New Guinean villages without women
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A typical native village of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea in 1972. Photograph: Keystone Features/Getty Images Papua New Guinea New genetic analysis sheds light on the epidemic caused by the practice of mortuary feasting in the Eastern Highlands of PNG …