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Credits:
Narrator: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Ashleen Knutsen
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations)
Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net)
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (  / forgottentowel  )
Producer: Brian McManus (   / realengineering  )

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[3] https://www.cdc.gov/prions/bse/bse-no...
[4] https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
[5] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/creutzf...
[6 ] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/creutzf...
[7] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/creutzf...
[8]https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ec...
[9] https://www.nature.com/articles/laban...
[10] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28003...
[11] https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/...
[12] https://americasblood.org/for-donors/...
[13] https://www.va.gov/pittsburgh-health-...