Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving antigen-antibody binding – specific binding protein...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Swartz, Rodney P (Department: 1645)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein...
C424S009100, C424S130100, C424S139100, C424S184100, C435S040500, C530S387100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06972177
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides methods for the detection of prion diseases, such as scrapie of sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy of cattle, Creutzfeld-Jacob disease of man, whereby aberrant proteins or prion proteins are detected in tissues which can be sampled from line animals.
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Langeveld Johannes Pieter Maria
Schreuder Bram Edward Cornelis
Smits Marinus Adrianus
Van Keulen Lucius Johannes Mattheus
Vromans Maria Elisabeth Wilhelmina
Stichting Instituut voor Dierhouderij en Diergezondheid
Swartz Rodney P
TraskBritt
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