Team cracks 2 enzymes’ role in cancer mutation

Two enzymes that play a role in cancer mutation offer potential new targets for intervention strategies, researchers report.

UC Irvine • futurity
March 25, 2024 ~4 min

Method could pave way for drugs to target ‘rogue enzymes’

When enzymes go rogue, they can cause a range of diseases, including cancers. A new platform could reveal molecules that target them.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
March 20, 2024 ~5 min


Vaginal bacteria must eat to survive — but how?

Chemical analysis brings understudied microbiome into sharper focus.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Aug. 15, 2023 ~5 min

How do _Candida auris_ and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains

Multidrug-resistant fungal infections are an emerging global health threat. Figuring out how fungi evade treatments offers new avenues to counter resistance.

Jeffrey Gardner, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~7 min

Enzymes split cotton from polyester in fabric blends

A new way to separate cotton and polyester with enzymes could lead to better textile recycling, say researchers.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
March 22, 2023 ~6 min

Can a rare bird’s enzyme improve human health?

Using an enzyme from the crested ibis, scientists developed cells engineered to express therapeutic proteins, specifically a thrombin inhibitor.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Sept. 23, 2022 ~6 min

Textile filter grabs CO2 from gas and air

A textile filter made from cotton and an enzyme that speeds chemical reactions shows promise for removing CO2 from air and gas mixtures.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
June 6, 2022 ~7 min

Can this soil microbe boost artificial photosynthesis?

"This bacterial enzyme is the most efficient carbon fixer that we know of, and we came up with a neat explanation of what it can do."

Glennda Chui-Stanford • futurity
May 16, 2022 ~11 min


Plastic-eating enzyme could gobble up tons and tons of waste

Plastics can take centuries to degrade. A new enzyme breaks them down in hours or days. It could address our major plastic waste problem.

Nat Levy-UT Austin • futurity
May 3, 2022 ~6 min

My Ph.D. supervisor just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for designing a safer, cheaper and faster way to build molecules and make medicine

Dave MacMillon and Ben List both developed simple catalysts that make precise chemical reactions much faster and more efficient.

David Nagib, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The Ohio State University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~8 min

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