UK ups drive for TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy) diagnostic
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The international race to improve the diagnosis, treatment and transmission risk assessment of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies has received a major boost from a UK research funding group. £7 million ($10 million) has been awarded to fund a programme of 22 UK and EU public and private sector collaborations in fields that range from subclinical diagnosis of the disease to ways of assessing the effectiveness of surgical device sterilisation.