enzyme
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As the body attempts to clear methanol - breaking it down or metabolising it in the liver - an enzyme converts it to formaldehyde and formic acid.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The answers she found are powerful, like an enzyme to treat HIV that was found in a tree that was discovered because a researcher spoke Samoan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Under ordinary conditions, the enzyme temporarily cuts DNA strands to relieve twisting and tension generated by routine cellular activity before reconnecting them.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
The study evaluated whether patients who didn’t respond to the standard-of-care therapy could be treated with riliprubart, which is designed to block an enzyme that drives key inflammatory mechanisms behind the disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The balance is delicate and government veterinarians have found that repeated small doses can gradually deplete an animal’s supply of the protective enzyme cholinesterase, so that without warning a minute additional dose will cause poisoning.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Since plastics are made from polymers, researchers have been investigating whether these enzymes, or the microbes that produce them, can be embedded directly into plastic materials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
PDE3/4 inhibitors block specific enzymes to relax airway muscles and suppress inflammation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Cells treated with PCAIs produced higher levels of reactive oxygen species, activated caspase enzymes, increased levels of the pro-apoptotic protein BAX, and underwent widespread apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
In humans, vitamin B12 is directly needed by only two enzymes, the proteins that help chemical reactions happen in the body.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
There are ways to tell with absolute certainty whether someone is having a heart attack, but those involve tests of particular enzymes that can take hours for results.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Cell Biology - High School
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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