Bse (2 Parts)

Synopsis: 2: In the 1980s people in Britain ate BSE-infected food, and the first victims of a new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human parallel to BSE, may have already died. Asks how BSE is transmitted, what the real risk is to humans, and what are the chances of a cure.
Series: Horizon Special, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 17 & 18 Nov 1996.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: bovine spongiform encephalopathy; neurological disorders; neuromuscular disorders

Title: Invisible enemy, The
Synopsis: 1: After BSE stuck Britain in 1986, the government assured the public that beef was safe to eat, and scientists raced to find out if mad cow disease really can infect humans. But the agent causing the disease defied the normal laws of biology and became a
Title: Human experiment, The
Synopsis: 2: In the 1980s people in Britain ate BSE-infected food, and the first victims of a new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human parallel to BSE, may have already died. Asks how BSE is transmitted, what the real risk is to humans, and what are the cha

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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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