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Published online 23 November 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news001123-8
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Blood test for prions?
A new test for diseases like BSE could be round the corner. David Adam reports. .
Researchers in Austria and Switzerland have taken a significant step towards developing a reliable test for diseases such as BSE. They have discovered that a common blood component sticks to the rogue prion proteins causing these diseases, but not to similar, non-infectious versions.
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