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Do you know what disease has the lowest recovery rate in the world?
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Lowest recovery: Mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy has no known recovery rate. This is a brain wasting disease that is caused by a protein particle called a prion. This terrifying disease has no known treatment and no known recovery.
Answered 12/9/2013
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