Scripps Florida scientists devise accelerated method to determine infectious prion strains

Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 19:42 in Biology & Nature

JUPITER, FL, May 28, 2009 ?Current tests to identify specific strains of infectious prions, which cause a range of transmissible diseases (such as mad cow) in animals and humans, can take anywhere from six months to a year to yield results ? a time-lag that may put human populations at risk.

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