Your doctor may recommend the creatine phosphokinase (CPK) test if there's a need to measure CPK enzyme levels in your blood. The cells in your body require this creatine kinase enzyme to generate ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

That problem is why, even though we’ve had success finding enzymes that break down common plastics like polyesters and PET, they’re only partial solutions to plastic waste. However, researchers aren’t ...

Sir2, an enzyme belonging to sirtuins, has been shown to be involved in the deacetylation of proteins. Researchers from the ...

New research has found that rubisco -- the enzyme that fuels all life on Earth -- is not stuck in an evolutionary rut after all. The largest analysis of rubisco ever has found that it is improving all ...

Diamine oxidase (DAO) is a digestive enzyme that rids your body of histamine. Histamine is a signal protein important for digestion, allergic response, immunity, and more. Experts don't agree, but ...

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is the main treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). PERT replaces the digestive enzymes that the pancreas does not produce or release. EPI ...

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

Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary in Sonoma County provides therapeutic cedar enzyme baths in which guests are covered with warm wood shavings and rice bran. The treatment originated in Japan. For most of the ...