Discussion Questions:
1) Describe Carleton Gajdusek's appearance. What character does he resembles? (pg 193)
2) How are crystals form and what are some examples of crystals? (pg 194-195)
3) What is EDT? How did it occurred? (pg 196)
4) How is the process of the TSE disease similar to the process of Alzheimer's disease? (pg 198)
5) Who was Dr. Bryon Caughey and what did he do? (pg 200)
6) How is the new cell-free system used? (pg 207)
7) Who was Dr. James Ironside and what did he do? (pg 208 -209)
8) What was Stephen Dorrell's announcement? How did British schools respond to this announcement? (pg 213)
9) What is the number of annual incidence of CJD cases and what did the United States do in order to prevent the spread of BSE? (pg 222-223)
10) What are some behavioral changes that show signs of TME? (pg 224-225)
11) Is it possible for BSE to come to America? (pg 229)
12) How could the United States avoid the BSE epidemic? (pg 232)
13) What is the next major breakthrough in medicine? Who leads this technology? (pg 234)
14) What are some of the disadvantages of xenotransplantation? (pg 238)
15) How does Gajdusek use minerals to explain how an infectiousness disease survive? (pg 240)
I like your question 4 and 8 in particular because it relates to the book quite well
ReplyDelete11) Yes, BSE can be spread to the United States because BSE can be transmitted through animals. And since animals are constantly being traded everyday any kind of epidemic can be spread to the United States.
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