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Bacterial DNA extracted from soil includes many genes whose function remains unknown. The novel enzymes these genes code for could be useful in efforts to clean up persistent pollutants.
Candidiasis is a severe fungal infection that can spread easily in medical facilities.
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Multidrug-resistant fungal infections are an emerging global health threat. Figuring out how fungi evade treatments offers new avenues to counter resistance.
Handheld devices like this one, used for testing blood sugar levels, could help TB patients monitor their own drug levels.
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There are several reasons that TB patients don’t or can’t adhere to their treatment.
Har Gobind Khorana pieced together how DNA encoded for the proteins that life relies on.
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Khorana rose from humble beginnings in India to decipher the genetic code. But his enormous contribution to science has been largely overlooked.
Many catalysts currently used to make many drugs are expensive and can produce toxic byproducts.
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Dave MacMillon and Ben List both developed simple catalysts that make precise chemical reactions much faster and more efficient.
Genetic differences, drug interactions and inflammation can affect how well drugs work in the body.
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The same dose of a drug can have varying degrees of effectiveness and safety depending on how well the liver can metabolize it.
Enzymatic textile dyes.
Science is helping turn textiles into a cleaner greener industry.
A woman measures a substance into a set of small scales in a laboratory, Toronto, Ontario (1892)
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Canadian physician and scientist Maud Menten’s discovery about enzymes was foundational in the work of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient.
DNA knot as seen under the electron microscope.
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Mathematical models can describe the many shapes of DNA, as well as cellular processes like DNA replication.