News tagged with active enzyme

Twenty-year protein mystery solved with surprising results

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the CRYM protein, previously connected with deafness and cancer, has now proven that it has an enzymatic function. This opens up new implications for the treatment of neurological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Analysis does not support genetic test before use of anti-clotting drug

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that a certain type of genetic testing (for the genotype CYP2C19) be considered before prescribing the drug clopidogrel to identify individuals who may ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Viagra against heart failure: Researchers throw light on the mechanism

How sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, can alleviate heart problems is reported by Bochum's researchers in cooperation with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Minnesota) in the journal ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers develop more effective way to discover and test potential cancer drugs

Researchers have created a new phenotypic screening platform that better predicts success of drugs developed to prevent blood vessel tumor growth when moving out of the lab and onto actual tumors.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

South Asians and Europeans react differently to common drugs

(Medical Xpress) -- A University of Sydney PhD student has discovered the different diets and lifestyles of South Asians compared to Europeans could lead to the two groups requiring very different doses of medicines commonly ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cooling system may build eggs' natural defenses against salmonella

(PhysOrg.com) -- Once eggs are laid, their natural resistance to pathogens begins to wear down, but a Purdue University scientist believes he knows how to rearm those defenses.

Biology / Other

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds new genetic cause of neurodegeneration

(Medical Xpress) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered two mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition they first identified 15 years ago. The researchers say their study -- appearing in Nature Ge ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Positioning enzymes with ease

Virtually all processes in the human body rely on a unique class of proteins known as enzymes. To study them, scientists want to attach these molecules to surfaces and hold them fast, but this can often be ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New direction for epilepsy treatment

If common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory route is the way to go. That's according to Mattia Maroso and colleagues from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Environmental impact of animal waste

North and South Carolina have seen a steady increase in swine production over the last 15 years. In North Carolina alone, swine production generates approximately a quarter of the state's gross farm receipts. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Solving a traditional Chinese medicine mystery

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered that a natural product isolated from a traditional Chinese medicinal plant commonly known as thunder god vine, or lei gong teng, and used for hundreds of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eclectic enzymes: Easily modified building blocks for drug design

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the pursuit of biologically active compounds, it is often necessary to be able to control the stereochemistry at predefined positions in a molecular skeleton. The search for ways to prepare ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New genetic tool helps improve rice

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new tool for improving the expression of desirable genes in rice in parts of the plant where the results will do the most good.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Re-using enzymes in industry

(PhysOrg.com) -- A South Dakota State University scientist is exploring ways to re-use enzymes in processes such as making cellulosic ethanol.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists find cancer cells co-opt fat metabolism pathway to become more malignant

An enzyme that normally helps break down stored fats goes into overdrive in some cancer cells, making them more malignant, according to new findings by a team at The Scripps Research Institute.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast