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An Experimental Molecule Helps Cells Remove a Cancer Target
In laboratory tests, a molecule helped cells break down an enzyme involved in some blood cancers—even though it held on to its target permanently.
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How Fat Helps Keep the Body Warm: A New Clue from Mice
Some fat burns fuel to produce warmth. A mouse study suggests that keeping cholesterol in balance helps this natural heating system do its job.
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Engineered Enzyme Produces Bigger, Softer Bread in Baking Tests
An inhibitor-resistant xylanase improved loaf volume and crumb softness in baking tests, but taste, commercial performance and safe shelf life need separate evidence.
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One Mutation Helps an Enzyme Withstand Heat—but at a Cost
Researchers redesigned the PB92 protease to survive heat for longer. The results show why a useful industrial enzyme needs both stability and activity.
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An Enzyme Helps Bacteria Grow Textiles That Turn Black
Researchers introduced tyrosinase into cellulose-producing bacteria to make dark textile materials. The enzyme connection is direct, but the process remains at the prototype stage.
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AI-Designed Enzymes Take on a Multistep Chemical Reaction
Researchers designed serine hydrolases around their catalytic machinery. The published results show why completing a reaction cycle matters as much as getting the fold right.
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Nanozyme Helps Collagen Resist Enzymatic Breakdown
Researchers have reported a new method for collagen crosslinking using manganese oxide nanoparticles that mimic an enzyme’s catalytic activity.
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Scientists Discover an Enzyme That Forms Fractal Patterns
A metabolic enzyme builds triangles within triangles, revealing an unexpected form of molecular self-assembly.
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Which Enzymes Break Down Plastic? PAZy Tracks the Evidence
A curated database connects plastic-degrading enzymes with the experimental evidence behind them.
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DeepEvo Designs Enzymes That Keep Working in the Heat
Deep learning and laboratory testing come together in the search for more heat-tolerant enzymes.
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