By fusing enzyme fragments to antibodies, researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, in Japan, developed an innovative enzyme switch called "Switchbody," which is activated when bound to its ...

Investigators at University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered what they believe is a potential reason for why some drugs that have been developed to inhibit the ...

St. Louis, Oct. 27, 2003 -- An international team of scientists led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the enzyme largely responsible for the ...

An intestinal enzyme previously shown to keep bacterial toxins from passing from the gastrointestinal system into the bloodstream may be able to prevent or reduce the liver damage caused by excess ...

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle movement. Your body ...

Blocking caspase-9, an enzyme involved in cell death, may be a potential treatment target for pulmonary fibrosis, a ...