Antibiotics revolutionized health care when they were introduced in the early twentieth century, making many severe and often ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen that is often associated with healthcare settings but can cause serious infections in anyone. These illnesses are difficult ...

Humans don’t make a carbohydrate called Neu5Gc, but most mammals, including cows, do. So when people eat red meat, the Neu5Gc it contains enters the body and gets incorporated into tissues. As it ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland and National Institutes of Health have identified the microbial enzyme responsible for giving urine its yellow hue, according to a new study published in the ...

By reconstructing ancient nitrogen-processing enzymes, scientists are uncovering new clues about how early life survived on a ...

The findings suggest that APC-deficient cells rely on ALDH2 to manage metabolic stress, making them particularly vulnerable when this pathway is disrupted. In contrast, cells with intact APC function ...

Our reliance on these molecules is incredible.

Annotations of enzyme function provide critical starting points for generating and testing biological hypotheses, but the quality of functional annotations is hindered by uncertain assignments for ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have produced experimental evidence that quantum-level effects can alter the ...