Scientists have created a new enzyme which can break down plastics that typically take decades or centuries to degrade within a matter of days or even hours. The team of researchers, including those ...

Matching blood types from donor to recipient is one of the major problems in organ donation. Now, a team of researchers in Canada has developed an enzyme treatment to convert donated organs to the ...

Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For ...

Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds—THC, CBD, and CBC—by recreating ancient enzymes that existed millions of years ago. These early enzymes ...

Enzymes help digest food, clean laundry, make perfumes, and build medicines. They also break down toxins in the environment. Because of their wide use, scientists have worked for years to create ...