Researchers reveal basis for debilitating hereditary disease
A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has determined the structure of an enzyme that when defective causes an inherited disease that afflicts sufferers with severe abdominal pain, psychiatric symptoms, skin

New discovery blurs distinction between human cells and those of bacteria
Cells of prokaryotes have been viewed as very primitive yet UCLA biochemists found the first structural details of mysterious objects called microcompartments to be present in a variety of bacteria. Their findings blur the distinction between eukaryotic c

Study reveals biochemical signature of cocaine craving in humans
Using sophisticated brain-imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Brookhaven Lab, and the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered the brain chemis

New clues to biochemistry of anti-aging
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found that sirtuins, a family of enzymes linked to a longer life span and healthier aging in humans, may orchestrate the activity of other enzymes involved in metabolic processes in the body.