Thanks for flagging this Manuscript up on the PLoS blog. I agree that this is groundbreaking research and I've been on record previously to congratulate USDA researchers for choosing to publish their work in PLoS.

In my official capacity as below I cannot stress enough the importance of sharing such research in an open fashion. It is widely known that BSE is a rather political disease and several Goverments misled the public which caused an enormous amount of distrust generally.

It is therefore most heartening to see more and more research (most of it publicly funded) being made freely available.

Kind regards,

Graham

Graham Steel
Information Resource Manager
CJD International Support Alliance