New technique reliably detects enzyme implicated in cancer and atherosclerosis
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 10:50
in Physics & Chemistry
An enzyme implicated in osteoporosis, arthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer metastasis - cathepsin K - eluded reliable detection in laboratory experiments in the past. Now, a research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed an assay that reliably detects and quantifies mature cathepsin K using a technique called gelatin zymography...