Abstract

The following experiments are in progress: 1. Bioassay in mice of blood component infectivity in a mouse-adapted strain of variant CJD. 2. Bioassay in squirrel monkeys of blood component infectivity in human patients with either sporadic or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). 3. Inactivation of scrapie agent under incineration conditions of 600C and 1000C, assaying infectivity in both the ashed residue and vented flu gas. The following experiments are in the planning stage: 1. Inactivation of TSE agents using multiple ultra-high pressure pulsation. 2. Bioassay of total volume inoculations of serial dilutions of hamster-adapted scrapie and/or mouse-adapted CJD to determine if infectivity can be diluted to extinction. 3. Determination of intracellular and surface membrane partitioning of prion protein in circulating blood cells. 4. Use of drug combinations to treat symptomatic CJD in primates. 5. Oral and intracerebral inoculation of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in primates with clinical, neuropathological, and molecular biological studies to characterize the disease in a species closely related to humans.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01NS002957-06
Application #
6659616
Study Section
(LCNS)
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Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
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  Institution

Name
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Country
United States
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  Publications

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Zhang, Jianxing; Jeremy Woods, R; Brown, Phillip B et al. (2004) Photochemical tissue bonding using monomeric 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimides. J Biomed Opt 9:1089-92
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Juenke, JoEtta M; Brown, Paul I; Urry, Francis M et al. (2004) Specimen dilution for C2 monitoring with the Abbott TDxFLx cyclosporine monoclonal whole blood assay. Clin Chem 50:1430-3
Brown, Paul D; Kline, Robert W; Petersen, Ivy A et al. (2004) Irradiation of the inguinal lymph nodes in patients of differing body habitus: a comparison of techniques and resulting normal tissue complication probabilities. Med Dosim 29:217-22
Stewart, Eugene L; Brown, Peter J; Bentley, James A et al. (2004) Selection, application, and validation of a set of molecular descriptors for nuclear receptor ligands. Comb Chem High Throughput Screen 7:407-12
Caviness, John N; Brown, Peter (2004) Myoclonus: current concepts and recent advances. Lancet Neurol 3:598-607
Serrien, Deborah J; Brown, Peter (2004) Changes in functional coupling patterns during bimanual task performance. Neuroreport 15:1387-90

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