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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A sample is prepared from blood in a manner which makes it possible to further analyze proteins in the sample, e.g. to detect prions in the sample. Blood is extracted, allowed to clot and subjected to separation processing (e.g. centrifugation) to obtain serum. The serum is treated with a complexing agent which agent binds prions in the sample forming an agent/protein complex which makes it possible to concentrate the complex. Concentration of the complex results in a sample which can be successfully analyzed, e.g. assayed using a range of different types of assay methodologies for detecting prions.