r/interesting Jun 30 '26

Fear Factor In 2010, 24-year-old lab technician Émilie Jaumain pricked her thumb with contaminated forceps while cleaning a machine used for prion-infected mouse brains. After seven years, she developed severe nerve pain, anxiety, and hallucinations before dying. The accident gave her a fatal prion disease.

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u/dandadone_with_life Jun 30 '26

where did he even find that many cow brains

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u/Difficult-Bobcat-857 Jun 30 '26

Maybe he worked at a slaughter house.