Experimental non-invasive tests detect rare brain disease

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Experimental non-invasive tests detect rare brain disease

By Gene Emery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis of two experimental tests for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease shows that cells in the nose or a urine sample can detect versions of the brain-destroying illness. The urine test proved effective at identifying the human form of mad cow disease. The research, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, may make it far easier to diagnose the illness, track its progress in the body and evaluate potential treatments. "That would help us in our diagnosis, and we wouldn't have to do invasive procedures.

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