Cardiovascular illnesses, such as high blood pressure and heart problems, are often treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure by relaxing ...

The term “protease inhibitor” refers to a class of medications rather than to a single medication. Specifically, they are antiviral drugs. But unlike the many, more common antiviral drugs that can be ...

An effective treatment could be found for one of the most aggressive pediatric cancers, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (aRMS). These kinds of tumors, which develop mainly in skeletal muscle, are ...

A research group led by Dr. Edward Curtis has developed two new types of catalytic DNA molecules (deoxyribozymes) that can reveal the presence of target molecules through fluorescence or color.

Scientists at Cambridge have demonstrated a new method for potentially fighting a form of leukemia, by targeting overactive enzymes that can lead to the disease. If the results of mice tests carry ...

Researchers have found a small molecule enzyme inhibitor capable of manipulating an immune process that plays an important role in cancers and autoimmune diseases. Researchers at the University of ...

Recent evidence suggests that natural products are much more than simply agents of “microbial warfare” and actually play critical roles in bacterial pathogenesis and communication. In particular, ...

In a recent study posted to the Research Square preprint* server, a team of researchers investigated the toxicity and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) characteristics of a ...

The inhibition of an enzyme associated with neurodegeneration processes reduced the toxic effect of tau, one of the proteins that damage neurons in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A group of scientists from ...

HealthDay News — Commonly used noncancer medications, including proton pump inhibitors, are associated with poorer survival and adverse events for patients with breast cancer, according to a study ...