| 20090098578 | ASBESTOS DETECTION METHOD, ASBESTOS DETECTION AGENT, ASBESTOS DETECTION KIT, METHOD FOR SCREENING CANDIDATE FOR AGENT AIMING AT PREVENTING OR TREATING DISEASE FOR WHICH ASBESTOS IS CAUSATIVE OR WORSENING FACTOR - The present invention provides a prompt and easy asbestos detection method and a method for screening a candidate for an agent aiming at preventing or treating a disease for which asbestos is a causative or worsening factor. It is possible to quickly and easily detect asbestos in a sample by finding a protein capable of binding specifically to asbestos, allowing the protein or a fusion protein of the protein and a reporter protein to bind to asbestos in the sample, and then detecting the protein or the fusion protein having been bound to asbestos. A substance inhibiting the binding of actin to asbestos, which has been found out as a protein capable of binding specifically to asbestos, is a candidate for an agent aiming at preventing or treating a disease for which asbestos is a causative or worsening factor. | 04-16-2009 |
