Researcher boasts breakthrough in AIDS test
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Posted: 4:23 PM EDT (2023 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A new test for the AIDS virus that detects proteins inside the microbe may be more sensitive than existing tests, U.S. researchers said.
The test, which can also be adapted to detect the misshapen prions that cause mad cow disease and related sicknesses, may be useful for screening donated blood and monitoring patients, the developers at the University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology said Monday.
They said it is 25 times more sensitive than the best technology currently available.
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/06/15/aids.test.reut/index.html