Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Study examines blood test to screen for fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

A blood test accurately screened for infection with the agent responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal neurological disease.

vCJD is a fatal degenerative brain disorder thought to be caused by a misfolded protein (prion) in the brain and contracted most commonly through…

Study examines blood test to screen for fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease




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