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and these enzymes do so in an elegant way that results in inversion of the stereochemistry, or handedness, of parts of the molecule," says Jeremy Baskin, a cell biologist at Cornell University ...

In a dramatic turn of events that makes for some great storytelling, Cidara's novel drug-Fc conjugate, once locked up in a ...

The two proteins in question are known as BCL6, an oncogene which suppresses apoptosis-promoting genes in the B-cell lymphoma, and CDK9, an enzyme that catalyzes gene ... The researchers tested the ...

Researchers found a molecule, sulfuretin, can promote myelin repair, slowing disease progression in MS and some cancers.

Spanish biotech Integra Therapeutics has upped its arsenal of gene editing tools by licensing Caszyme’s Cas12I nucleases, the ...

a single DNA polymerase molecule remained bound to the nucleic acid at the junction for slightly more than one second—far from the continuous binding that most textbooks describe. Further contrasting ...

Specifically, Sanfilippo makes the body unable to break down a molecule called heparan sulfate — a natural cellular substance usually metabolized and recycled through enzyme action. As a result ...

Bilirubin, the byproduct of hemoprotein breakdown, particularly hemoglobin, is a critical marker in diagnosing, prognosing, ...