I have conducted fieldwork on kuru, with colleagues from the MRC Prion Unit and the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR), since 1996. During this time, the fieldwork has been dependent on the support of the PNGIMR, and I thank the staff and the past and present Directors, Michael Alpers, John Reeder and Peter Siba, for their support. Michael’s vast knowledge and experience of...