A research team at Leibniz-HKI has described a new enzyme that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless.

Researchers have captured real-time "molecular movies" showing how an enzyme changes shape during catalysis. The study was ...

The BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. acquisition of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. will likely be beneficial and accretive for both ...

Routine blood tests are increasingly detecting elevated liver enzymes, which may signal liver stress or damage. While mild ...

Israeli and European scientists have discovered a new molecular mechanism linking aging and neurodegenerative diseases to ...

A new method of reversing Alzheimer's shows promise in an animal study, as researchers at University Hospitals restore brain ...

Your liver cells are forgetting how to do their jobs under dietary stress. Here's how that signals cancer risk years before ...

We can replace joints, lenses, even organs—but not the brain. As neuroscience unravels the mechanisms of neurodegeneration, ...

Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), the Kanazawa University team led by Mikihiro Shibata filmed the dynamic movements of CaMKII at the single-molecule level. The images revealed that a ...

Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet ...

Ascorbic acid, the scientific name for vitamin C, supports immune function. Eating ascorbic acid-rich foods helps your immune system work properly.