de novo

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Interest in DGAT2 has grown because the enzyme plays a major role in de novo lipogenesis, the process the body uses to create fat in the liver.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

World Liberty Trust filed its de novo application Wednesday with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Researchers are, therefore, trying to recreate them or to design so-called de novo proteins that do not occur in nature.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

“Currently … it goes through a de novo review before an administrative law judge, which means a new body of records is created,” she explains.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 28, 2023

Writing has evolved de novo only a few times in human history, in areas that had been the earliest sites of the rise of food production in their respective regions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond