Does Cannibalism Have Implications On Health?

Sparking New Interest

Even if all signs point towards kuru not being so much of a threat to the health and well being of humanity, this epidemic has served as a good learning tool for medical researchers. It has given them a good idea of what this disease is and what it does. The relatively recent issue faced with BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has resulted in a new interest in Kuru.

Research And More Research

Kuru has become the only known human prion disease. After learning and doing an extensive research, doctors may finally be able to treat it and they might be able to design ways to prevent, or at least reduce, the possibility of future neurological prion-based epidemics.