Antiscrapie drug action

Manuelidis, L.

Science 288(5464): 273-274

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075
PMID: 10777407
Document Number: 512484
A letter responds to an article by Priola et al. in the February 25 issue that presented data showing that action of pthalocyanine tetrasulfonate and related compounds prolong scrapie incubation. The letter notes that the data of the study could be explained by a drug effect on recipient cells that normally take up the infectious agent in the brain.

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