A new antimicrobial-resistance gene, VCC-1, a beta-lactamase gene, has been discovered in benign close relatives of virulent Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera. Now, a team of Canadian researchers has found a way […]
A European academic research collaboration has found a new potential weapon against antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis: its own toxins. Many types of bacteria, such as the pathogen responsible for the deadly lung disease tuberculosis, […]
Here’s something that many of us don’t tend to think about when we think about enzymes: vibrational energy. But it’s long been thought that anisotropic vibrational energy transfer (VET) plays a role […]
Neurogene is breaking into gene therapy with $68.5 million in new funding to support research on experimental treatments for rare, genetic brain disorders, the first of which could start human testing next […]
Approximately one per cent of each organism’s genome encodes helicases. Helicases are mostly known as motor enzymes that can unwrap double-stranded DNA by use of energy. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190211/Research-sheds-light-on-how-motor-enzyme-can-promote-genome-integrity.aspx
This new paper on “ultra-large” virtual screening is well worth a look in detail. We find a great many lead compounds in this business by random screening of compound libraries, and virtual […]
There was a comment on the blog the other day about how there are people in academia who feel that the discovery of a new target or pathway is basically finding a […]
Dr. Aoife Brennan has always faced challenges head-on. A trained endocrinologist, she could have remained in her native country, Ireland, and led a fulfilling life as a medical doctor. Instead she embarked […]
Strategies against NRAS-mutant melanoma have yielded little success. Now, a Boston University-led team of scientists has pinpointed an enzyme that regulates NRAS activation, and they developed a drug that inhibited the growth […]
The Danish enzyme manufacturer Novozymes has launched a joint development collaboration with the French biotech Carbios to commercialize biodegradable plastics. Under the agreement, Novozymes is to use its manufacturing muscle to scale […]
