Help with CJD Autopsy
and Research
Dr. Bastian MD, is asking
for blood samples and cerebrospinal fluid to use in research for a
possible CJD test, which if possible could result in a vaccine. Family
members can also donate blood for research.
Dr. Frank O. Bastian
LSU
Baton Rouge Ag Center
Department of Veterinary Medicine
111 Dalrymple Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-4194
email: FBastian@agcenter.lsu.edu
CJD Autopsy
and Research Information
INFORMATION and help with BRAIN AUTOPSY arrangements available through NATIONAL PRION DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
CENTER
www.cjdsurveillance.com
Dr. Pierluigi Gambetti,
Director
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
Institute of Pathology
Room 419, Case Western Reserve University
2085 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
Telephone: (216) 368-0587
Fax: (216) 368-4090
Telephone 216-368-0587
Email:
cjdsurv@cwru.edu
Email
cjdsurveillance@cwru.edu
CJD Research Information
Scientists are conducting
biochemical analyses of brain tissue, blood, spinal fluid, urine, and
serum in hope of determining the nature of the transmissible agent or
agents causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. To help with this research, they
are seeking biopsy and autopsy tissue, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid from
patients with CJD and related diseases. The following investigators have
expressed an interest in receiving such material:
Dr. Pierluigi Gambetti,
Director
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
Institute of Pathology
Room 419, Case Western Reserve University
2085 Adelbert Road
Cleveland, OH 44106
Telephone: (216) 368-0587
Fax: (216) 368-4090
Email:
cjdsurv@cwru.edu
Email
cjdsurveillance@cwru.edu
www.cjdsurveillance.com
Dr. Laura Manuelidis
Yale University School of Medicine
Section of Neuropathology
310 Cedar Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Telephone: (203) 785-4442
Dr. Stephen DeArmond or Dr. Stanley Prusiner
Department of Pathology/Neuropathology Unit
HSW 430
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94143
Telephone: (415) 476-523
