Giving up on photosynthesis: How a borrowed bacterial gene allows some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet
A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...
A starting signal for cell division: Molecular switch ensures that cells divide at the right time
About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...
EQS-News: Quantumzyme Highlights Breakthroughs in Enzymatic Catalysis at CCE 2025
Quantumzyme Corp. (OTC:QTZM), a pioneering biotechnology company specializing in computational enzyme engineering, is pleased to reflect on its successful participation in the 9th International ...
Low levels of a single enzyme influence pathway to malignancy in colorectal cancer, scientists find
The transformation of healthy cells into invasive colorectal tumors is an extraordinarily complex process involving numerous ...
This New Drug Turns Human Blood into Mosquito Killer
Recent research has revealed that nitisinone, a drug originally used to treat rare genetic conditions, can fatally disrupt a ...
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Enzyme engineering breaks out of the cell
A new approach to enzyme engineering has overcome many of the operating challenges associated with large-scale bio-based ...
Cancer cells 'hacked' to expose themselves to immune attack
When your social media account starts spewing out nonsensical or threatening status updates, it's safe to assume that it has ...