Advancing Prion Science
Subtitle: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program
Contributors: Rick Erdtmann (Editor); Laura B. Sivitz (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780309090605
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Health Care Policy; Infectious And Parasitic Diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Infectious Diseases; Neurology - General; Medical / Diseases; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Health Policy; Government policy; Prion Diseases; United States; prevention & control
Description: Interim report of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, convened to provide advice to the U.S. Department of Defense regarding prion disease. Focuses on the research needed to improve diagnostics for prion diseases and discusses prion research infrastructure issues.