The Graphic World Eureka Science Book Prize

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

I'm sorry I haven't read all the details of CJD books you have been

discussing over the past few days, but I can recommend " Cannibals, Cows and

the CJD Catastrophe " by Sydney Morning Herald journalist, Cooke.

Interestingly, and deservedly, was tonight awarded the prestigious

Australian Museum $10,000 Graphic World Eureka Science Book Prize. for her

quite incredible volume. As you can read from tonight's press release from

the Australian Museum:

" Multi-award-winning Sydney Morning Herald journalist Cooke has

traced this shocking story from its origins to the most recent horrifying

developments in what is surely the most comprehensive and superbly

researched book about the epidemic to date " .

I can also assure you that the CJD legacy of human pituitary gonadotropin

[an infertilty hormone] would never have acknowledged by both the Australian

Government and the Australian medical fraternity, were it not for 's

outstanding regular feature articles on the plight of those afflicted.

With best wishes etc., Lynette.

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The Graphic World

Eureka Science Book Prize

What do cannibals, cows and the CJD catastrophe all have in common?

They are subjects covered in the award-winning book by Cooke which

won the prestigious Australian Museum $10,000 Graphic World Eureka Science

Book Prize.

" Cannibals, Cows and the CJD Catastrophe is a story of cannibalism and its

legacies. It's about the cannibalism recognised for centuries - humans

eating humans. And it's about new-age cannibalism - feeding an animal

species back to itself for recycling, for added protein, for profit. It's

also about high-tech cannibalism - transplantation of organs, of tissue, of

blood or other bodily parts into members of the same species or another

species, " Cooke wrote in her book.

" What began as an interesting medical story has led to tracks in many

directions - neuropathology, gynaecology, endocrinology, virology,

pathology, veterinary science, family tragedy and cannibals. Winning the

Graphic World Eureka Science Book Prize is a highlight I never expected, "

she said.

This story begins and ends in morgues. A creeping epidemic has claimed the

lives of thousands of men, women and children around the world. From the

jungles of Papua New Guinea, to Australian fertility clinics and British

butcher shops, it is a disease that comes in many guises. Among the

Highlanders of PNG it is called Kuru. In Western hospitals it is known as

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and in newspapers it makes headlines as Mad Cow

Disease. Hiding in the body, the disease can lie in wait for decades as it

slowly eats holes in the brain. No-one ever survives.

Multi-award-winning Sydney Morning Herald journalist Cooke has

traced this shocking story from its origins to the most recent horrifying

developments in what is surely the most comprehensive and superbly

researched book about the epidemic to date.

The Graphic World Eureka Science Book Prize is designed to encourage

publishers and Australian authors to produce books that communicate science

and the results of scientific research to the general public.

Cooke received her award from Terry , Graphic World Printing,

at the Australian Museum Prize ceremony on 4 May 1999.