Spongiform Encephalopathy meetings, we bring together for the first time all of the laboratories developing diagnostic blood tests for a head-to-head comparison of their methodologies and achievements. Other important topics include an expanded discussion about protein misfolding, reviews of BSE, vCJD, and CWD, updated tissue infectivity data, new methods of decontamination in hospitals and industry, filter technology for removing infectivity from blood, strategies being explored for therapeutic intervention, and a concluding panel on issues of FDA and USDA regulation.

Scientific Advisors
Dr. Paul Brown
Dr. Larisa Cervenakova, The American Red Cross
Dr. Kiki Hellman, Hellman Associates LLC

SESSIONS:

FORUM ON TSE DIAGNOSTIC BLOOD TESTS

SCIENCE AND POLICY: JOINT FDA/USDA PANEL

ON TSE-SAFE PRODUCTS: THE FEDERAL ROLE

EPIDEMIOLOGY

TISSUE INFECTIVITY

INFECTIVITY DISINFECTION

THERAPIES

BASIC SCIENCE

For more information, please contact, fax or e-mail submissions to:
Elizabeth Lamb, Conference Producer, Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Fax: 207-493-4573 • E-mail: elamb@healthtech.com