The deconstruction of cellulose is essential for the conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals. But cellulose, the most ...

The human body undergoes numerous changes throughout life, with many significant transitions occurring during the decade of ...

Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have demonstrated how genetically engineered enzymes can ...

In neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, proteins accumulate in the body's cells, fold incorrectly and clump together to form larger aggregates. Normally, cells are able to ...

An INRS team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA . A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the ...

Crews' lab, in collaboration with researchers at UC Irvine, has found that decreased function of an enzyme called ELOVL2 (short for "elongation of very long chain fatty acids-like 2") speeds up ...

Choi from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, in collaboration with University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute, discovered that the RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 plays ...

By targeting this enzyme, we can develop more effective treatments for glioblastoma, a brain tumor with very few effective treatment options," said study lead author Deliang Guo, Ph.D., the ...