News tagged with vcjd
Mad cow disease: Blood test for vCJD clears hurdle
A blood test to detect rogue prion proteins that cause the human form of mad-cow disease has performed well in an early experiment, British doctors reported in The Lancet on Thursday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Prevalence of variant CJD agent in Britain remains uncertain
First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unable so far to establish that the prevalence is lower than that given by previous estimates, concludes ...
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May 21, 2009 |
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