Enzyme, lost in most mammals, is shown to protect against UV-induced skin cancer
In a finding that broadens our insight intothe cause of certain kinds of UV-induced skin cancer, researchers atErasmus University Medical Center (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) haveemployed an evolutionarily ancient enzyme-repair system to identify theprincipal type of DNA damage responsible for the onset of skin-tumordevelopment. The researchers' findings also suggest that this enzymesystem m...Lack of enzyme turns fat cells into fat burners
Lack of the enzyme, acetyl CoA carboxylase 2or ACC2, appears to turn the adipose or fat cells of mice into fatburners, explaining in part why the animals can eat more and weigh lessthan their normal counterparts, said Baylor College of Medicineresearchers.The report that appears online today in the Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences. "Westudied the fat cells in these mic...Scientists find missing enzyme for tuberculosis iron scavenging pathway
Scientists have discovered that a protein that was originally believed to be involved in tuberculosis antibiotic resistance is actually a "missing enzyme" from the biosynthetic pathway for an agent used by the bacteria to scavenge iron. The research appears as the "Paper of the Week" in the April 8 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, an American Society for Biochemistry and Molec...Novel Enzyme Shows Potential As An Anti-HIV Target
At just 9.8 kilobases, the HIV genome pales in comparison to the 3.2 gigabases of its human and nonhuman primate targets. The compact retrovirus encodes just 14 proteins, which play different roles in promoting viral infection and virulence. As a retrovirus, HIV uses the host’s cellular machinery—including RNA polymerases, which carry out transcription—to copy its RNA genome into DNA and infiltra...Enzyme allows B cells to resist death, leading to leukemia
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL)is the most common leukemia in adults and is characterized by theprogressive accumulation of mature B lymphocytes in the blood, bonemarrow, and lymphatic tissues. It is believed that in the early stagesof disease, B-CLL is the result of an undefined defect in theprogrammed signals that trigger normal B cell death (apoptosis). LivioTrentin and colle...S-Acetyl Coenzyme A Lithium Salt from USB Corp.
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An enzyme involved in hormone production may help explain why obese people who carry most of their extra weight around their waist have such a high risk of heart disease and other health problems. The findings may lead to new approaches to treat obesity and its complications. // It is no news that obesity increases the risk of health problems such as heart disease and diabetes, but wh...Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme
According to researchers in Scripps Research Institute, chemists have tricked an enzyme essential in Alzheimer's disease into blocking its own debilitating action.// A team led by Nobel laureate K. Barry Sharpless developed the chemical trick, called "click chemistry," to make a molecule that blocks neurotransmitter destruction caused by the brain enzyme acetylcholinesterase. The destr...Enzyme stimulates growth of adult stem cells
According to researchers at the University of Texas, an enzyme has been found, that instigates the growth and maturation of stem cells lurking in bone marrow, causing the stem cells to step up production and replace lost blood and immune system cells.// It is possible the enzyme may also spur the growth of stem cells elsewhere in the body. This information may help researchers determin...Enzyme may aid hold back disease
According to a new research it is found that an enzyme that rectifies mutations in genes could be a key factor in reducing a person's susceptibility to diseases such as hemophilia, cancer and cystic fibrosis. //Researchers from Cardiff University in Wales and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have found the MBD4 enzyme could protect people from gene mutations that can lead to diseases. <...Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease
The naturally occurring compound coenzyme Q10 is the first treatment to actually slow down Parkinson's disease, rather than just treating its symptoms. The current treatments for Parkinson's disease// can help alleviate the movement disorders that accompany the condition, but they do not actually stop the underlying brain damage. In Parkinson's, cells in the substantia nigra, at the base of the b...ACE - REA Hypertension / Cardiac Evaluation, Cardiovascular 001-RK-ACD Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
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BETHESDA, Md., July 5, 2007--In this weeks issue of Science,researchers from the National Institute of Environmental HealthSciences (NIEHS) and Umeö University in Sweden report animportant discovery about a critical new role that an enzyme calledDNA polymerase epsilon plays in replicating DNA in higher organismssuch as yeast and perhaps even humans. The study places us one ste...Genzyme Announces Results of Clinical Trial of Hylastan
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Genzyme Corp. today announced top-line results from a pivotal studyinvestigating the safety and efficacy of hylastan in treating painin patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Hylastan is beingdeveloped within Genzyme's program to introduce aviscosupplementation product that can be delivered through a singleknee injection. T...Genzyme Announces Results of Clinical Trials Investigating Powder Form of Sevelamer Carbonate
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2007 - Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ)today announced the results of two new studies comparing a powderform of Renvela™ (sevelamer carbonate) to Renagel®tablets (sevelamer hydrochloride), including one trial in whichpatients received the powder form three times per day, and one inwhich it was administered once per day. Genzyme is developing Renvela...Genzyme Announces Results of Clinical Trials Investigating Powder Form of Sevelamer Carbonate
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Genzyme Corp. today announced the results of two new studiescomparing a powder form of Renvela (sevelamer carbonate) to Renageltablets (sevelamer hydrochloride), including one trial in whichpatients received the powder form three times per day, and one inwhich it was administered once per day. Genzyme is developing Renvela in...