Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and ...

A mix of healthy lifestyle choices, such as getting enough physical activity, can help people live a longer, healthier life. However, the types of physical activity best for longevity remain ...

Your doctor has prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) for your exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). But you can’t just take a daily pill and that’s it. There are various steps ...

Researchers at UT Arlington have discovered a key enzyme, IDO1, that when blocked, helps immune cells regain their ability to properly process cholesterol—something that breaks down during ...

Oxidative stress, caused by an imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant defenses, plays a central role in the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These diseases, ...

Skatole is an infamously smelly molecule that, in some anaerobic bacteria, is synthesized from ʟ-tryptophan in a four-step process. Now, researchers have found that certain aerobic bacteria only need ...

A new method that successfully designs serine hydrolase enzymes capable of catalyzing ester hydrolysis with high efficiency, demonstrates a computational approach for creating de novo enzymes that ...

Fresh off winning a Nobel Prize last year, and previously tackling antibodies and peptides, the University of Washington’s David Baker and his team aim to make another breakthrough in artificial ...

Engineered enzymes are poised to have transformative impacts across applications in energy, materials, biotechnology, and medicine. Recently, machine learning has emerged as a useful tool for enzyme ...