Very curious. I suppose it is possible that TnI may inhibit angiogenesis,
but it seems a little too coincidental that it just happens to be the
"inhibitory" troponin subunit that displays this remarkable property. I was
not aware that any of the troponins could be extracted from cartilage. What
is most surprising to me is that the document identifies "Troponin I" as a
registered trademark. Does that mean that Abbott, Beckman, Dade, BioSite,
and all the other companies that market troponin I reagents will have to pay
a royalty to BLS for use of the name?
Roger
Roger L. Bertholf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology
University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville
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> Subject: Troponin I - an internet scam??
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> I was searching for something about the diagnostic cut offs
> for troponin I on the net and found the attached pdf. It is a
> company claiming that troponin is an angiogenesis inhibitor
> derived from cartilage. Does anyone else know about this? Is
> it genuine or an internet scam? And if a scam is there a
> regulator we ought to inorm?
>
> TIM
>
>
> http://www.bostonlifesciences.com/
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> <<6.17.03_TROPONIN.pdf>>
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