Fortunately, the mealworm could provide a more efficient and eco-friendly alternative to traditional recycling methods, which ...

DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Nucleic acids are named for where they're found—inside the nuclei of cells—and for the ...

The Kenyan lesser mealworm's ability to consume polystyrene suggests it could play a role in natural waste reduction, ...

Scientists have developed a novel polymer-based therapy that could slow Huntington's disease progression by preventing ...

Studies support the idea of “polymers as therapeutics,” rather than polymers as carriers of drug molecules in the sense of ...

"The polymers were readily degraded by Novozym 435, an enzyme that specifically attacks the ester bonds of the polymer backbone," explains Yoshinori Takashima, senior author.

Polymers are made of monomers, and in DNA, these monomers are called nucleotides or nucleobases. The enzymes that handle DNA molecules are often called "polymerases," but the -ase suffix denotes ...

Small-molecule enzyme-inhibitors often display insufficient affinity and selectivity for their targets causing unwanted side effects when used as drugs. Molecularly imprinted polymers prepared ...

However, common techniques to extract cellulose from cell walls, which involve removing other entangled large molecules ...

Breakthrough polymer-based therapy shows promise in reversing Huntington's disease symptoms by preventing toxic protein ...

Engineered polymers interfere with protein interactions to protect cell health in a mouse study. Researchers at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University have developed the first ...

A polymer has been developed to optimize the use of a peptide to treat Huntington’s disease in mice.