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University of Minnesota seeks continued funding for expanded CWD surveillance and lab validation
Summary
The University of Minnesota—9s MnPro asked the LCCMR on June 26 to fund a statewide expansion of CWD surveillance, environmental prion research and field validation of new tests, a request that prompted questions about scale, overlap with prior funding and ties to a for-profit diagnostic spin-off.
The University of Minnesota—9s Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MnPro) asked the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources on June 26 to fund an expanded, multi-year program of CWD surveillance, environmental monitoring and test validation.
MnPro Co-director Tiffany Wolf told the commission MnPro has developed live-animal testing protocols, portable diagnostic technologies and environmental sampling methods and seeks funding to validate those tools with tribal partners, study prion movement in soils and sediments and expand lab capacity for follow-up assessments. "We've developed live animal testing protocols and portable technologies that facilitate decentralized testing," Wolf said during her presentation.
Why it matters: CWD is a fatal prion disease of deer, elk and moose. MnPro said the prion is highly…
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