This video gives a brief description of prions and explains why they can sometimes cause disease.
Creator: Hussain Biology
Run Time: 5.21
Disease
Something Is Killing Me: FFS
Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare genetic condition which, as the name suggests, is invariably fatal. This documentary interviews three families who are afflicted with FFS, and documents the efforts which are underway in the search for a cure.
Run Time: 42:18
12-21 by Dustin Thomason: Dot Points
The writing in this book is good, not great, and the characters and tropes are a trifle cliché, but I enjoyed this book nonetheless.
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS by James Cross Giblin
Opening Sentence:Like all epidemic diseases, the Plague of Athens struck suddenly and without warning. Synopsis:And no bells tolled, and nobody wept no matter what his loss because almost everyone expected death…And people said and believed, “This is the end of… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules [Currently Being Refurbished] 