Synopsis

NOVA journeys to the forefront of medical inquiry, where researchers urgently seek to comprehend a perplexing new illness commonly called "mad cow disease." This highly contagious and currently incurable condition has already taken the lives of nearly a million cattle in Britain, and a mutated form has tragically resulted in human fatalities. Millions more may have been exposed, prompting a desperate effort to ascertain whether we stand on the precipice of a widespread epidemic comparable to AID