Tag: Enzyme

  • Nation & World

    Microbial manufacturing

    Emily Balskus and a team of researchers untangled how soil bacteria are able to manufacture streptozotocin, an antibiotic and anti-cancer compound.

    3 minutes
    Emily Balskus standing in her office
  • Nation & World

    Gut details

    New findings have the potential to help researchers more accurately identify microbiome enzymes and quantify their relative abundance.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cancer cells’ survival kit

    Harvard-affiliated scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered new details of how cancer cells escape from tumor suppression mechanisms that normally prevent these damaged cells from multiplying.

    5 minutes