Anyone Eat Bone Marrow?

The Poet · 06-09-2010, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by eber

and you can contract that from marrow?

Dammit, Jim, I'm a poet, not a doctor!!

68TriShield · 06-09-2010, 05:03 PM

Yes

bobarian · 06-09-2010, 05:06 PM

Kuru has never been found outside of New Guinea. And it was isolated to a couple of tribes who cannibalized brains as part of their funeral ritual. I dont think prions exist in marrow, only in brain tissue and sometimes the spinal column.

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68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,195 Trading: (40)	Re: Anyone Eat Bone Marrow? Yes

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bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Anyone Eat Bone Marrow? Kuru has never been found outside of New Guinea. And it was isolated to a couple of tribes who cannibalized brains as part of their funeral ritual. I dont think prions exist in marrow, only in brain tissue and sometimes the spinal column.