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Nature 414, 249 (15 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35104785

BSE record set straight

Richard Worswick1

  1. Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LY, UK

It was disappointing that your reporter contributed further confusion to the issue of cow brains being tested instead of sheep brains for signs of BSE ("Brain mix-up leaves BSE research in turmoil", Nature 413, 760; 2001) by failing to contact the Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC) before declaring that our findings in this case were open to dispute.To set the record straight, LGC is an independent, non-Government laboratory committed to the highest standards of analytical quality.