Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms that lack cell nuclei) an immunity against foreign DNA.

The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

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Scientists at UBC Okanagan have discovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural substance with potential ...

Humans dispose of 400 million tons of plastic every year. Newly designed enzymes could offer a route to breaking down some of that trash into useful molecules. Scientists have developed a new enzyme ...

University of Arizona Professor Floyd (Ski) Chilton, Ph.D., has been studying an enzyme related to rattlesnake venom for 30-plus years. Now, he has evidence that the enzyme could drive severe forms of ...

Scientists who helped to pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global plastics crisis. They have characterized an ...

A popular experiment that's recommended to demonstrate the functionality of enzymes is chewing a piece of bread for a moment, then paying attention to when it turns from a starchy flavor to begin ...