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enzyme

[en-zahym] / ˈɛn zaɪm /




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The study evaluated whether patients who didn’t respond to the standard-of-care therapy could be treated with riliprubart, which is designed to block an enzyme that drives key inflammatory mechanisms behind the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Interest in DGAT2 has grown because the enzyme plays a major role in de novo lipogenesis, the process the body uses to create fat in the liver.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

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

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Another gene encoded an enzyme that was needed to break down lactose into parts.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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