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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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Researchers co-led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University have identified an enzyme that may help protect the liver from the damage that can occur as the most common form of liver disease becomes more severe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

In the new multicenter study, Cedars-Sinai researchers found that levels of an enzyme called UBE2N decline in liver cells as the disease becomes more advanced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The key enzyme behind this ability is nitrogenase.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

There is a recursion here that is worth noting: like all proteins, DNA polymerase, the enzyme that enables DNA to replicate, is itself the product of a gene.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The team also used specialized enzymes called lactonases to remove AHL signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Work by scientists around the world, including the laboratory of Prof. Eli Arama in Weizmann's Molecular Genetics Department, has shown that these enzymes can also participate in biological processes that are essential for life.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

If a mistake is made, there are enzymes which snip the mistake out and replace the wrong nucleotide by the right one.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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