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The sheep brain disease [[scrapie]] appeared to be infectious but did not involve a microorganism. The disaster of [[Creutzfeld-JacobCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease]] in humans was found to be caused by the PRP gene which produces a [[prion]] protein that aggregates into clumps, destroying brain cells. Ridley attacks the panicky handling of [[prion disease]] outbreaks by governments.
;Chapter 21, Eugenics