Codexis's technology works with pharmaceutical precision indeed, one of its main commercial products is the enzyme system for making the chemical precursor to Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that is marketed by Pfizer.

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Thanks to innovative chemical treatments, the ball serves as a cage that hides the enzyme from the immune system until it gets to its target tumor, where an anti-cancer drug is released.

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The researchers think the high death rate from sepsis and shock may have its origin in the digestive system and that using enzyme-blocking drugs may help reduce the harmful effects.

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The Glaxo gene therapy program will focus on a severe immune deficiency called ADA-SCID, in which kids cannot make a crucial enzyme called adenosine deaminase that is needed to create immune system cells.

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