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'The Prion Puzzle' by A. Aguzzi in 'Project Syndicate'

29 October 2012 | Technical news (uncommented clippings)

Please see the summary article 'The Prion Puzzle' on BSE and other prion diseases by our member Professor Adriano Aguzzi on the website of 'Project Syndicate'.

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TAGS TSE, prion protein, vCJD

Survey underlines need for minimizing secondary human exposure to prions

16 August 2012 | Official publications

The Health Protection Agency of the UK has released its summary results of the second national survey of abnormal prion prevalence in archived appendix specimens. The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) TSE Risk Assessment Subgroup published a comment on the these results in a position paper.

 

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TAGS TSE, vCJD

First Report of vCJD in Turkey - Diagnosis unlikely

20 March 2012 | Technical news (uncommented clippings)

After a recent report about a 'probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease' case, the EUROCJD group replies in a public letter why it considers the diagnosis 'unlikely'. The group states that 'the diagnosis of vCJD cannot be regarded as correct unless there is neuropathological verification of this diagnosis'.

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TAGS TSE, vCJD
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