NEW PRION DISEASES IDENTIFIED BY EU SCIENTISTS
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientists have developed test methods that not only show new prion diseases (such as BSE and scrapie) can occur if animals contract more than one variant at the same time, they can identify such new strains as they emerge. Scientists working for the UPMAN and TSEUR projects infected mice with four different prion diseases and "new strains of prions emerged, making the diseases more deadly" said a project report.
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EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientists have developed test methods that not only show new prion diseases (such as BSE and scrapie) can occur if animals contract more than one variant at the same time, they can identify such new strains as they emerge. Scientists working for the UPMAN and TSEUR projects infected mice with four different prion diseases and "new strains of prions emerged, making the diseases more deadly" said a project report.
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