Protease

The other part of our work is earlier cancer detection, including cancer detect pancreatic.

It's a blood test that measures enzymes made by a pancreatic tumor called proteases.

So these Proteases bury a hole in the surrounding tissue and allow the cancer to actually spread.

So we licensed the underlying tech from Oregon Health and Sciences University and revalidated the data in our CLIA certified lab.

So our validation data is promising, especially in early stage pancreatic cancer.

Um, there are three important groups of enzymes.

Protease helps to break down proteins.

You don't have to write this down, Jill.

Okay.

Of course, we wouldn't give PrEP medications to someone that's already infected because it's a prevention method.

Protease inhibitors like indinavir and saquinavir stop viral proteins from being properly assembled, which prevents new viruses from forming.

Remdesivir is another example.

This is an analog of adenosine, and it's been used in severe COVID-19 infections.