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Carrots are healthy, but active enzyme unlocks full benefits
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of vitamin A. But to get the full health benefits of this superfood, you need an active enzyme to produce this vitamin, suggest the findings of a novel study.
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Drug for rare disorder shows promise for treating herpes viruses
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): A drug currently prescribed to treat a rare enzyme deficiency can help cells clear the herpes simplex 1 and herpes simplex 2 viruses, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.
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Cause of Alzheimer's disease traced to mutation in common enzyme: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps of tau protein are created in the brain, killing brain cells and causing Alzheimer's disease.
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Delhi HC directs ESIC to treat 11-year-old patient with rare disease
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to provide enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) treatment to an 11-year-old patient with the rare Lysosomal Storage Disorder.
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Why people with COVID-19 may lose sense of smell, study reveals
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 22 (ANI): A team of researchers after studying tissue removed from patients' noses during surgery believe they may have discovered the reason why so many people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell, even when they have no other symptoms.
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Study reveals malaria discovery could expedite antiviral treatment for COV
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): A study outlines a strategy that could save years of drug discovery research and millions of dollars in drug development by repurposing existing treatments designed for other diseases such as cancer. The study demonstrated that the parasites that cause malar
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Researchers trace enzyme behind body odour
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 2 (ANI): A team of researchers has now found a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odour or BO.
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Scientists identify the key enzyme behind body odour
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odour or BO.
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Blocking fat storage might offer new way to treat most lethal form of brai
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 20 (ANI): Glioblastoma is a lethal form of brain cancer that accumulates fats in lipid droplets and uses them as energy for rapid cell division. Blocking an enzyme that GBM cells use to form the lipid droplets might offer a new way to treat this deadly disease, according to
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Higher levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme in men makes them vulnerabl
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 16 (ANI): Men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women, suggests evidence from a large study of several thousand patients. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus to infect healthy cells, this may help to explain why m
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Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 11 (ANI): Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women.
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Advance in new therapy with potential benefit for underserved patients wit
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 27 (ANI): In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase (GLS1), researchers reported the preclinical discovery and early-stage clinical development of this novel drug. IPN60090, now under investigation in a
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