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Patent Inventor Names
Bram Edward C. Schreuder0
Jorg Günther Jacobs0
Lucien Johannes M. van Keulen0
Marinus Adrianus Smits0
Alexander Bossers0
Gerrit Jan Garssen0
Joannes Pieter M. Langeveld0
Date of Patent
March 18, 2008
0Patent Application Number
099133450
Date Filed
February 9, 2000
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The invention is related to diagnostic methods for detecting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as BSE and scrapie and related disease in humans. The invention provides use of guanidine thiocyanate (gdnSCN) or a functional equivalent thereof for treating at least one sample derived from a mammal, including humans for reducing the risk of scoring a false-positive test result in testing said sample for the presence of aberrant prion protein.
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