Abstract

The story of kuru for me has been an opportunity to work with and know some of the most extraordinary people: Dr Carleton Gajdusek, Dr Vin Zigas and Dr Mike Alpers, to name only a few, and, of course, their many interesting colleagues, families and friends.

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  • The story of kuru for me has been an opportunity to work with and know some of the most extraordinary people: Dr Carleton Gajdusek, Dr Vin Zigas and Dr Mike Alpers, to name only a few, and, their many interesting colleagues, families and friends

  • Reminiscences of an aspiring graduate student in the 1970s who worked on kuru-related projects with Dr Gajdusek

  • It was a fortunate coincidence that Dr Vin Zigas and Dr Mike Alpers were working in the section as visiting scientists

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The story of kuru for me has been an opportunity to work with and know some of the most extraordinary people: Dr Carleton Gajdusek, Dr Vin Zigas and Dr Mike Alpers, to name only a few, and, their many interesting colleagues, families and friends. Reminiscences of an aspiring graduate student in the 1970s who worked on kuru-related projects with Dr Gajdusek Kuru was mentioned at the time as being the world’s rarest disease, affecting only the Fore people in Papua New Guinea.

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