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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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Food and Drug Administration approved Avlayah, which taps the transferrin receptor to bring in the enzyme that is missing from the brain cells of children born with Hunter Syndrome.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

The findings, published in the Nature journal npj Drug Discovery, focus on an enzyme called calcium-dependent phospholipase A2, or cPLA2, which appears to play an important role in inflammation inside the brain.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

One good test, she says, looks for an enzyme called myeloperoxidase, which can indicate arterial inflammation.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

One enzyme organizes the molecule into the correct three dimensional structure, while the second transforms it into mitraphylline itself.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Every mutant, they noted, was missing a single metabolic function, corresponding to the activity of a single protein enzyme.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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