Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 15:42:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Addendum was Numbers
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Eric Jablow <ejablow at cox.net> wrote:
> "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>> That's good, especially since I'm researching information regarding
>> kuru disease.

> Hasn't WSFA had enough of prion diseases?

Kuru disease comes from eating brains.  Since several SF authors
suffer from "the brain eater," it's a good thing for fans to study.

(See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Nicoll#.27Brain_Eater.27)