A surprisingly effective ELISA blood test for this human disease uses stainless steel powder.
A surprisingly effective ELISA blood test for this human disease uses stainless steel powder. Real-time quaking-induced conversion is used to diagnose this disease, which is characterized by a large bilateral increase in the pulvinar signal. This disease is classified as MM, MV, or VV according to the polymorphism at residue 129 in CD230. This disease is diagnosed by the presence of 14-3-3 protein in the CSF or by round vacuoles in the neuropil that look like daisy flowers. It is caused by a defect in the same protein as (*) Gerstmann-StraÃ¼ssler-Scheinker syndrome. In 1997, reports emerged of iatrogenic transmission of this disease from urine-derived gonadotropins or blood transfusions. Both the sporadic and variant forms of it result in accumulation of scrapie-like plaques and give the brain a sponge-like appearance. For 10 points, name this prion disorder, the human equivalent of mad cow.
A surprisingly effective ELISA blood test for this human disease uses stainless steel powder.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [or CJD; or classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; prompt on bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE; prompt on mad cow disease; prompt on prion disease] 