While Promoting Diseases Like Cancer, These Enzymes Also Cannibalize Each Other
Monday, January 20, 2020 - 15:41
in Health & Medicine
In diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell anemia, cathepsins promote their propagation. Drug trials to inhibit these enzymes have failed due to baffling side effects. Now a new study examines cathepsins in systems to remove some of the bafflement.