Nanoparticles-based detection of metalloproteinase

• Main Author: Chua, Kellyn Jia Ling
• Other Authors: Bo Liedberg
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138877
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A group of matrix metalloproteinase, MMPs, can be used as cancer indicators, of which, a subset of the family known as MMP-7, also known as matrilysin, are used to flag out and detect numerous forms of cancer such as gastrointestinal cancer or oral cancer to name a few. As cancer is a common illnes...