New technique to identify prion diseases
31 January 2005 | By Peter Lasch and Heinz Fabian, Scientists, Robert Koch-Institute, Dieter Naumann and Michael Beekes, Group Leaders, Robert Koch-Institute, Jürgen Schmitt, Thomas Udelhoven and Michael Eiden, Synthon KG
A new technique for the detection of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, such as scrapie in sheep or BSE in cattle, is based on IR (infrared) spectroscopy of serum and subsequent spectral analysis by advanced pattern recognition techniques. Within the scope of two validation studies, IR spectra from sera of scrapie-infected Syrian…