Researchers at James Cook University have developed a low-cost, rapid assay for accurately quantifying protease activity. The technology relies on a fluorescent reporter and can be tailored to detect any specific protease of interest. It has already been used to assay clinically important proteases, including elastases, caspases, and matrix metalloproteinases. The simplicity of this assay also makes it applicable to a high throughput format.

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