Enzimas microbianas de uso terapêutico e diagnóstico clínico

Abstract

Microbial enzymes have been pointed as one of the most important technological product in the modern World, even that its use has been reported in the ancient ages. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the industrial enzymes started to be produced; today the enzymes used in detergents for clothes washing, for example, sum a significative portion of the world market. On the other hand, the use of special enzymes for clinical diagnostic and therapeutic started to be used at the beginning of 60`s and 80`s years respectively and caught the interest of the companies in biotechnology. Advances might be realized in the society, such as more effective therapeutic treatments and faster and more precise diagnostics in the clinic. In this revision are present aspects of history, market and application of these enzymes.