This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. Enzymes are the fundamental stuff of ...

Life just got more difficult for those fighting antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Researchers at McGill University have ...

Enzymes, which are crucial to controlling how cells replicate in the human body, could be the very ingredient that encourages DNA to spontaneously mutate -- causing potentially permanent genetic ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

Researchers at UT Arlington have discovered a key enzyme, IDO1, that when blocked, helps immune cells regain their ability to properly process cholesterol—something that breaks down during ...

A UMass Lowell professor’s immune system research that could unlock treatments for a range of illnesses — such as hypertension, cancer and viral infections — is being supported by a federal grant of ...

Enzymes known as kinases play a critical role in cell growth, metabolism and signaling in a multitude of organisms across the tree of life—from algae to helminths to mammals. Now, scientists have ...