The peptidases can break bonds between specific D- and L-amino acids, filling a gap in the toolbox for natural products ...

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...

Enzymes help with specific functions that are vital to the operation and overall health of the human body. They help speed up chemical reactions and are essential for respiration, digestion, muscle ...

There are many types of digestive enzymes and specific enzymes break down specific macronutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, dairy, and fiber). “We naturally make our own digestive enzymes, ...

Your doctor has prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) for your exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). But you can’t just take a daily pill and that’s it. There are various steps ...

Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Directed evolution offers a complementary strategy by ...

"There are three digestive enzymes made by your pancreas," says Mary Vouyiouklis Kellis, MD, a specialist in the department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the Cleveland Clinic. "Most ...

London — In a potential landmark decision, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that in a 2010 civil rights law called the Equality Act, the word "woman" refers to someone's biological sex. The five ...