National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed a nasal brush test that can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (CJD). Up to now, a definitive CJD diagnosis requires testing brain tissue obtained after death or by biopsy in living patients. The study describing the less invasive nasal test appears in the Aug. 7 issue of the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i. CJD is a prion disease. These diseases ...Thursday 7 August 2014
Nasal Test for Human Prion Disease Developed
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed a nasal brush test that can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (CJD). Up to now, a definitive CJD diagnosis requires testing brain tissue obtained after death or by biopsy in living patients. The study describing the less invasive nasal test appears in the Aug. 7 issue of the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i. CJD is a prion disease. These diseases ...
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