Werewolf Transformation Research.

Definition: A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope is a mythological human with the ability to shape shift into a wolf-like creature, either purposely, by being bitten by another werewolf, or after being placed under a curse.
History of the Werewolf: The process of transformation is portrayed in many films and works of literature to be painful. The resulting wolf is typically cunning but merciless, and prone to killing and eating people regardless of the moral character of the person when human. The form a werewolf takes is not always an ordinary wolf, this may be larger and more powerful than an ordinary wolf.
Many modern werewolves are also supposedly immune to damage caused by ordinary weapons, being vulnerable only to silver objects, usually a bullet or blade. This negative reaction to silver is sometimes so strong that the mere touch of the metal on a werewolf's skin will cause burns. Current-day werewolf fiction almost exclusively involves being either a hereditary condition or being transmitted like a disease by the bite of another werewolf or being put under a curse.
Becoming a Werewolf: There is a lot of different myths that come from the Werewolf background and why and how transformations take place.
1. To be directly bitten by a werewolf, where the saliva enters the blood stream.
2. Removal of clothing and putting on a belt made of wolf skin, probably a substitute for the assumption of an entire animal skin which also is frequently described.
3. To drink water out of the footprint of the animal in question or to drink from certain enchanted streams.
4. The body is rubbed with a magic salve.
5. Placed under a spell.
How to spot a Werewolf: To find a Werewolf, you have to look at minor details. The warning signs according to the worlds myths are:
Red hair
Born on the 25th December

Eyebrows join in the middle
Hairs on the palms of their hands
Love of rare or raw meat
Index and middle finger are the same length
Low set ears
Curved fingernails
Long swinging stride