61.   The disease causes progressive degeneration of the muscles and nervous system until the muscles used to eat and breathe fail.

62.   The disease has caused epidemics in the past.

63.   The fatal disease causes a breakdown of brain tissue into a spongy mass.

64.   The genetic disease causes blood cells to harden and change shape.

65.   The disease can cause defoliation, and the spores can overwinter on the fallen leaves.

66.   The disease causes the brain to become riddled with holes, resulting in dementia and eventually death.

67.   The hereditary degenerative disease causes night blindness, retinal pigmentation changes, narrowing of the visual field and, eventually, blindness.

68.   The increased pressure in the eyeball that the disease causes is eased by smoking marijuana.

69.   The incurable disease causes a breakdown of the sheath surrounding the spinal cord, resulting in moderate to severe loss of muscle control among other problems.

70.   The marker proteins are not related to PrP, but are normal brain proteins that Harrington speculates are released in response to the damage these spongiform diseases cause.