An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

Scientists have successfully restored hearing in animal models of ENPP1 deficiency, a genetic disease in which individuals ...

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Prof. Hening Lin brings expertise in enzymes to UChicago, bridging scientists, engineers and doctors to translate research to ...

can cause complications in various organs and systems of the human body, including the vascular and nervous systems, eyes, and skeleton. The research focused on a specific mutation, known as R336C, ...

Herpes virus reshapes the human genome for its own benefit, but a single enzyme can stop it by Center for Genomic Regulation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Monaghan also found an enzyme called CYP26B1 reduces the amount of retinoic acid at the site to exactly the level needed for a particular body part.

Scientists studying the microbes that produce body odor on humans have pinpointed the enzyme that is responsible for the odor molecules. The so-called “BO Enzyme” … ...

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It’s just bags all the way down. A version of this article with the title “The Human Body Is Made of Bags” was adapted for inclusion in the June 2024 issue of Scientific American.

A new analysis of more than 1,500 papers and 60 types of tissue has revealed the total number of cells in the human body.