For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...

Yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, tempeh, and kombucha are among the fermented foods that may help lower blood pressure, some better than others. Learn more.

A large hospital-based cross-sectional study examined whether routinely measured serum alkaline phosphatase can indicate ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the healthcare system with more that 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more ...

Sudden cardiac death risk falls in colorectal cancer, but disparities persist … Researchers identify bacterial enzyme that ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and ...

While there are several bacteria and viruses causing pneumonia, the research team looked specifically at Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Like so many of our body’s processes, digestion tends to go on unnoticed when it’s working well. But when things aren’t running so smoothly, the effects can impact both physical and mental health.

An AST test looks for blood levels of aspartate aminotransferase, an enzyme found mostly in the liver. Generally, the normal range of an AST test is 8 to 33 units per liter (U/L). Higher-than-average ...

"There are three digestive enzymes made by your pancreas," says Mary Vouyiouklis Kellis, MD, a specialist in the department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the Cleveland Clinic. "Most ...

More than 20 years ago, scientists at Pfizer touted the benefits of using enzymes in various steps in bioprocessing. In some situations, though, bioprocessors use the smallest proteins that can be ...