New 'NanoZymes' use light to kill bacteria
Researchers from RMIT University have developed a new artificial enzyme that uses light to kill bacteria.
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Programmable DNA scissors found for bacterial immune system
(Phys.org) -- Genetic engineers and genomics researchers should welcome the news from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) where an international team of scientists has discovered a new and possibly more ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2012
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Researchers build an enzyme-discovering AI
While E. coli is one of the most studied organisms, the function of 30% of proteins that make up E. coli has not yet been clearly revealed. For this, an artificial intelligence was used to discover 464 types of enzymes from ...
Biochemistry
Nov 24, 2023
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Reducing the carbon footprint of methane by converting it into methanol with a new enzyme
A team led by Professor Osami Shoji at Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to convert methane, the principal component of natural gas, into methanol at room temperature in water. They used an enzyme that ...
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2023
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Enzyme created in test tube displays new structure, function
(Phys.org)—Five years ago, a pair of researchers used a clever update on a technique called in vitro evolution – evolution in a test tube – to turn an ordinary protein into an artificial enzyme, a biological catalyst ...
Biochemistry
Jan 17, 2013
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Scientists create artificial catalysts inspired by living enzymes
All living organisms depend on enzymes—molecules that speed up biochemical reactions that are essential for life.
Materials Science
Aug 5, 2019
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Graphene-coated heart valves could sidestep harmful drugs
Every year thousands of people are fitted with artificial heart valves to replace their own malfunctioning valve. Many of these patients, however, have to remain on drugs that stop blood clotting on these artificial valves. ...
Materials Science
Feb 18, 2014
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New artificial enzyme safer for nature
Perilous and polluting industrial processes can be made safer with enzymes. But only a short range of enzymes have been available for the chemical industry.
Biochemistry
Oct 22, 2009
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Protein designed entirely from scratch functions in cells as a genuine enzyme
A dawning field of research, artificial biology, is working toward creating a genuinely new organism. At Princeton, chemistry professor Michael Hecht and the researchers in his lab are designing and building proteins that ...
Biochemistry
Jan 18, 2018
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Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
A proof-of-concept experiment has shown that, by shifting evolution into reverse, it may be possible to use 'green chemistry' to make a number of costly synthetic drugs as easily and cheaply as brewing beer.
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2014
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