11.   When one program featured some particularly emotional footage of a British girl paralyzed by the incurable disease that destroys the brain, the national anxiety seemed to skyrocket.

12.   Within months of giving blood, the donor died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare fatal illness caused by an unknown infectious agent that destroys the brain.

13.   But once symptoms appear, it destroys the brains of its victims, who lose muscle control and mental ability, and die within a few months.

14.   Mad cow disease destroys the brain, causing infected animals to act in bizarre ways.

15.   In late stages, the disease destroys the brain.

16.   BSE destroys the brain and results in death.

17.   It slowly destroys the brain, causing cows to go crazy.