Imagine trying to bake a cake without heat. You’ve got all the ingredients like flour, eggs and sugar, but nothing is happening. That’s what your body would be like without enzymes: potential but no ...

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Digestive enzymes can help break down food and nutrients to support your health. But when is the best time to take them?

Scientists discovered that alcohol activates a sugar-producing pathway in the body, creating fructose that may reinforce addictive drinking. The enzyme responsible, KHK, appears to drive both alcohol ...

A group of Penn researchers found that a common blood pressure medicine can be used to prevent brain cancer cells from ...

A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found.

Glycans are important complex carbohydrates found on cell surfaces that serve crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication, structure, and protection. They are attached to many proteins in the body, ...

The ability to respond to changing surroundings was once considered exclusive to complex living organisms. Then came ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system. But some makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes out the other end.