The human digestive system functions as a complex biological network, supported by several mechanisms that work in harmony to ...

Most of the disease-causing bacteria secrete matrix-like layers around themselves called biofilms. These biofilms act as ...

The mucosal layer in the small intestine degrades with age in rats, allowing digestive enzymes to slowly escape and leak into organs outside the intestine, including the liver, lung, heart ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. business activity increased in October amid strong demand, and firms raised prices for goods and services at the slowest pace in nearly 4-1/2 years, indicating ...

A study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry found a plant-derived flavonoid—a type of chemical compound—called sulfuretin blocked the activity of an enzyme involved in MS and cancer.

"This opens the door to developing new therapeutics to selectively manipulate the activity and products produced by the bacterial enzyme. This is an example of how microbes have evolved functions ...

Enzymes are substances in the body that cause and speed up crucial chemical reactions. Enzymes’ function is to help trigger bodily processes ranging from digestion to blood clotting to growth. There ...