Arquer Diagnostics Ltd (Arquer), a diagnostic company which has developed a high sensitivity, high specificity, ELISA-based urine test for bladder cancer, today announced that it has been awarded £70,000 funding under Innovate UK’s Biocatalyst programme, to be awarded over a 12 month period, starting 1st March 2017. The funding will be used to support preparations for an international clinical study to evaluate Arquer’s MCM5 ELISA-based non-invasive test for prostate cancer, as the Company expands the application of its technology into a wider range of cancers.
Arquer’s diagnostic test, the MCM5-ELISA, detects the presence of minichromosome maintenance (MCM) protein, a marker for the presence of dividing cancer cells, to accurately diagnose cancer. MCM proteins are excellent biomarkers, being directly involved in cell replication, and are shed into urine by both prostate and bladder tumours. The funding follows the recent appointment of Nadia Whittley as CEO.
The study will utilise urine and ...
