Those afflicted by the disease are missing an enzyme that breaks down a particular fat.
Early-stage tests have shown that the compounds penetrate artery walls and block the bad enzyme.
The second was the introduction of a gene for a synthetic enzyme that he calls aurinase.
To catch the enzyme in the act, Merck scientists conducted a kind of chemical sting operation.
CYP2A6, however, comes in three varieties, each resulting in a different form of the enzyme.
Those individuals with rarer forms smoked less, and those completely without the enzyme smoked least.
The machine takes a single DNA strand and uses an enzyme to attach bases to it.
Vane's research led drug companies to target pain by stopping the COX enzyme from producing prostaglandins.
"Once you stop the actual brushing, the enzyme will still be working, " he says.
They are often used alongside angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, such as Accupril, Zestril and Prinivil.
Cancer cells create too much telomerase, but blocking the enzyme makes cancer cells more vulnerable.
Danone is only using the enzyme in its Bangladesh yogurt, but could eventually use it elsewhere.
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Laboratory and animal tests have shown that the enzyme can break down the fragment.
He quickly made 1, 300 compounds, and by mid-1996 found one that blocked the enzyme.
She actually discovered the enzyme, telomerase, while making a random, small change in her experiment.
After a single cocaine dose, the enzyme that makes tyramine becomes more active in normal flies.
Previous research found that enzyme-modified milk could stop Streptococcus mutans from binding to tooth enamel.
The key enzyme targeted by the researchers, from the University of Manitoba is called NQO1.
NDM-1 is an enzyme produced by some bacteria which makes them resistant to carbapenem antibiotics.
Gaucher disease occurs in people who do not produce enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase.
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Patients taking KYNAMRO should have liver enzyme testing before starting the drug and periodically thereafter.
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The COMT enzyme breaks down chemicals such as dopamine which transmit messages between brain cells.
Drugs included angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and diuretics, with NSAIDs.
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This gene is the blueprint for an enzyme called urease, which converts urea into ammonium ions.
The knockoffs are slightly more potent, but they all block the same enzyme.
They stop inflammation by blocking an enzyme called Cox-2 without also hitting a related enzyme called Cox-1.
Researchers used x-ray technology to examine the structure of the enzyme, which changes depending on its function.
She focused on a protein called 5-lipoxygenase, a key enzyme that spurs the body to produce leukotrienes.
Apparently resveratrol increases levels of an enzyme in the brain that helps protect nerve cells from damage.
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