Scientists warn of a "second wave" of vCJD in Britain

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British scientists said there could be a "second wave" of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- the human form of the mad cow disease -- after discovering that some people have a genetic predisposition to the disease. The scientists say a person's individual DNA could affect the length of time that the disease can remain in the body before symptoms develop. A total of 167 people have died from vCJD in Britain since the mid-1990s. Telegraph (London) (12/07)