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A novel method for preclinical detection of PrPSc in blood.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2010
Rubenstein Richard, Chang Binggong, Gray Perry, Piltch Martin, Bulgin Marie S, Sorensen-Melson Sharon, Miller Michael W
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we demonstrate that a moderate amount of protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) coupled to a novel surround optical fibre immunoassay (SOFIA) detection scheme can be used to detect the disease-associated form of the prion protein (PrP(Sc)) in protease-untreated plasma from preclinical and clinical scrapie sheep, and white-tailed deer with chronic wasting disease, following natural and...
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