BIRC5 and melanoma: The obtained starch-MNPs were tested as a sorbent for affine purification of several small and medium-sized MBP-fused recombinant proteins: cardiac troponin I (cTnI), a highly specific early biomarker for acute myocardial infarction [24] and survivin (Surv) and melanoma inhibitory activity protein (MIA), the cancer biomarkers of negative prognosis and decreased survival in cancer patients [25,26].