Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveals they play a far more active signaling ...

These less organized chains are slower to reorganize into a crystalline structure and therefore increase the time it takes for bread to stale.” Enzymes are considered clean label replacements to many ...

Enzymes that play a crucial role in the production of the malaria drug quinine and other important cinchona alkaloids have ...

A UCR researcher worked years into retirement to uncover the biology behind plants' response to environmental stress. Her ...

For over 350 years, quinine and other extracts from the cinchona tree (Cinchona spp.) were the only effective medicines ...

Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used ...

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester say they have developed a fusion enzyme that ...

Walmart is testing something that could matter more to shoppers than they realize.

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

An international team led by Australia’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has created the first authoritative atlas for a class of enzymes that regulate almost every cellular process in the ...

Life-saving treatments for children with orphan illnesses often move slowly, if at all, through the federal approval process.