Scripps Scientists Develop New Tests That Identify Lethal Prion Strains Quickly And Accurately

One of the new in vitro tests, called the Standard Scrapie Cell Assay, measures prion infectivity levels in a highly accurate and extremely rapid way, producing results in less than two weeks. The second test, called the Cell Panel Assay, allows researchers to quickly distinguish between several prion strains in various cells lines. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on December 6th, 2007