An acoustic prion assay

An acoustic prion assay has been demonstrated for sheep brain samples. Only five false positives and no false negatives were observed in a test of 45 positive and 45 negative samples. The acoustic prion sensor was constructed using a thickness shear mode quartz resonator coated with a covalently bou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gordon Hayward, Angela Catford, Aru Balachandran, Warren Stiver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180416301416