Scientists are perfecting a test which they hope will confirm mad cow disease (vCJD) in humans. Protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA), works by by mimicking and accelerating the replication of prions so they are more easily detected in test sampl
Since the previous monthly statistics were released on 4 Jun 2007, the total number of deaths from definite vCJD remains 161. The number of probable vCJD cases still alive is unchanged at 4, and the overall total number of definite or probable vCJD cases