title: The Detection of Infectious Prions: In Vitro Conversion Assays Change the (Folding) Landscape.
abstract: This commentary highlights the article by Gray et al describing a novel diagnostic protocol for rapidly testing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: wille@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wille
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases; D006801:Humans; D017096:Prion Diseases; D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions
chemical_list: D000072002:Prion Proteins; D011328:Prions