J. David Knox
La mission de la section est de contribuer à la capacité du Canada de détecter tous les cas de maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (MCJ) et d'enquêter sur leurs origines.
Principales publications
Cheng K, Vendramelli R, Sloan A, Waitt B, Podhorodecki L, Godal D, Knox JD : End-point quaking-induced conversion (EP-QuIC): a sensitive, specific, and high-throughput method for the ante-mortem diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. J Clin Microbiol, JCM 54(7):1751-1754, 2016.
Godal G, Simon SLR, Cheng K, Knox JD: A new test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: real-time quaking induced conversion. CCDR 41-8:192-195. 2015
Cheng K, Sloan A, Wait B, Vendramelli R, Godal D, Simon S, O'Nei J, Carpenter M, Jackson D, Eastlake J, Mallinson G, Knox JD: Altered rPrP substrate structures and their influence on real-time quaking induced conversion reactions. Protein Expression and Purification. 143:20-27. 2018.