Search For "enzyme"
Enzyme deficiency in brain linked to extreme hunger, severe obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 14 (ANI): U.S. researchers have found that the deficiency of an enzyme -prohormone covertase (PC1) - in the brain is linked to neuro-hormonal abnormalities, a genetic condition that causes extreme hunger and severe obesity beginning in childhood.
Read More
Scientists find new way to suppress cancer immunity
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 2 (ANI): Contrary to earlier studies that identified the Hippo pathway kinases LATS1/2 as a tumor suppressor, researchers from University of California reveal a surprising role for these enzymes in subduing cancer immunity.
Read More
New treatment approach for inherited enzyme disease: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct.25 (ANI): A new report says that experiments designed to reveal how a protein protects the lungs from asthma-related damage suggest a new way to treat a rare disease marked by the inability of cells to break down fats.
Read More
Research identifies potential antiviral against chikungunya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 11 (ANI): A team of researchers hasrecently shown that several existing compounds have potent activity against the critical Chikungunya CHIKV protease enzyme.
Read More
Enzymes used in household products are 'potent allergens': Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [England], Sept.23 (ANI): A recent research has found that genetically modified enzymes that are used in a wide range of household products are 'potent allergens'.
Read More
Research points out how aged wine gets its aroma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug, 30 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have discovered an enzyme that plays a leading role in the formation of compounds that give aged wines their sought-after aroma.
Read More
Male hormone can turn back biological clock
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): A new study has found that sex hormones can reverse ageing by stimulating production of an enzyme naturally found in the human organism, Telomerase, which is the closest of all known substances to a "cellular elixir of youth."
Read More