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Pall Blood Filtration Technology Removes Prions That Can Cause TSEs
CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease Transfusion publishes study on prion removal technology. The study, entitled "Removal of exogenous (spiked) and endogenous prion infectivity from red cells with a new prototype of leukoreduction filter," published in the official journal of the AABB (Transfusion 2005; 45 (12): 1839-1844), shows that the filtration technology removes infectious scrapie prions. Scrapie is a TSE disease affecting sheep. [click link for full article]
