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Degraded Heparanase Flags Cancer.

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| April 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 BCC Research. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Australian National University (Division of Immunology & Cell Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia; Tel: 61 2 6125 5111) has developed a rapid assay for detecting mammalian heparanase activity and a method for purifying heparanase with chromatographic techniques. The purified heparanase degrades both heparin and heparan sulfates, potentially useful in cancer-fighting drugs.

The university researchers were seeking a faster process for detecting heparanase activity as a step toward screening for and developing effective heparanase inhibitors. Existing heparanase assays are time consuming.

When blood-borne malignant …

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