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Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare, inherited disease that has afflicted one noble Venetian family for centuries, striking at random and passing from generation to generation like a deadly dynastic curse. The cause? A rogue protein called a prion, which is impossible to destroy and is also responsible for Mad Cow Disease and scrapie in sheep.
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The Family That Couldn't Sleep, D. T. Max
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- 2008
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- Title
- The Family That Couldn't Sleep
- Language
- English
- Authors
- D. T. Max
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1846270901
- ISBN13
- 9781846270901
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Health & Medicine, Psychological Topics, Science, Health, Medicine
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Fatal Familial Insomnia is a rare, inherited disease that has afflicted one noble Venetian family for centuries, striking at random and passing from generation to generation like a deadly dynastic curse. The cause? A rogue protein called a prion, which is impossible to destroy and is also responsible for Mad Cow Disease and scrapie in sheep.