Whats the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?
You can’t hear an enzyme...
You can’t hear an enzyme...
April 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Whats the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?
You can’t hear an enzyme...
You can’t hear an enzyme...
Anthropic has a wet lab in SF where they’re using Claude to accelerate fundamental biology research
This is the first big result from that lab — discovery of a CRISPR-like enzyme
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
This is the first big result from that lab — discovery of a CRISPR-like enzyme
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system
In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.
www.anthropic.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Anthropic has a wet lab in SF where they’re using Claude to accelerate fundamental biology research
This is the first big result from that lab — discovery of a CRISPR-like enzyme
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
This is the first big result from that lab — discovery of a CRISPR-like enzyme
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
We don't talk enough about the biochemistry of Rudolph's nose.
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
December 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM
We don't talk enough about the biochemistry of Rudolph's nose.
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
Fireflies glow when luciferin, a chemical in their abdomen, reacts with the enzyme luciferase and oxygen, producing light.
July 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Fireflies glow when luciferin, a chemical in their abdomen, reacts with the enzyme luciferase and oxygen, producing light.
Pineapple contains a small amount of the enzyme bromelain, which breaks down proteins in meat. So when you eat pineapple, it eats you back.
March 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Pineapple contains a small amount of the enzyme bromelain, which breaks down proteins in meat. So when you eat pineapple, it eats you back.
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
This deep-sea enzyme survives heat that destroys most proteins 🧪🌎🦑
This deep-sea enzyme survives heat that destroys most proteins
A deep-sea microbe uses an exceptionally heat-resistant enzyme to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia at temperatures that would destroy most proteins. Its unusual structure and a newly observed…
www.sciencedaily.com
September 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This deep-sea enzyme survives heat that destroys most proteins 🧪🌎🦑
What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?
You can't hear an enzyme.
You can't hear an enzyme.
November 23, 2024 at 3:26 AM
What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone?
You can't hear an enzyme.
You can't hear an enzyme.
“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
I want to point out this doctor is recommending Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the antiviral used to treat/prevent influenza infection, for treatment of hantavirus.
Tamiflu works by inhibiting the enzyme neuraminidase, which influenza viruses use.
Hantaviruses do not even contain the enzyme neuraminidase.
Tamiflu works by inhibiting the enzyme neuraminidase, which influenza viruses use.
Hantaviruses do not even contain the enzyme neuraminidase.
Hey, guess what! There's nothing to worry about when it comes to Hantavirus because Ivermectin & Hydroxychloroquine can magically cure you just like it did for COVID-19! 🤮
May 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I want to point out this doctor is recommending Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the antiviral used to treat/prevent influenza infection, for treatment of hantavirus.
Tamiflu works by inhibiting the enzyme neuraminidase, which influenza viruses use.
Hantaviruses do not even contain the enzyme neuraminidase.
Tamiflu works by inhibiting the enzyme neuraminidase, which influenza viruses use.
Hantaviruses do not even contain the enzyme neuraminidase.
I’m now getting marketing emails from the diagnostic lab chain that my doctors use for blood draws. Like holiday specials on liver enzyme tests. Recreational medical testing is a kink I don’t understand.
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I’m now getting marketing emails from the diagnostic lab chain that my doctors use for blood draws. Like holiday specials on liver enzyme tests. Recreational medical testing is a kink I don’t understand.
WE DID IT JOE!!!!!! #survivor #survivor48
a packet of lactaid fast act lactase enzyme supplements
ALT: a packet of lactaid fast act lactase enzyme supplements
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
WE DID IT JOE!!!!!! #survivor #survivor48
you say some shit like "oral progesterone didn't make me sleepy" and suddently people are trying to diagnose you with some obscure liver enzyme condition
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
you say some shit like "oral progesterone didn't make me sleepy" and suddently people are trying to diagnose you with some obscure liver enzyme condition
Most tech bros have no idea why this enzyme is important
March 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Most tech bros have no idea why this enzyme is important
enzyme, no substrate.
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
enzyme, no substrate.
Wilfred A. van der Donk uses chemistry, enzymology, and molecular biology to better understand enzyme catalysis and applies that knowledge to synthetic biology.
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
Wilfred A. van der Donk wins 2026 A. I. Scott Medal
He’s being recognized for his work to better understand enzyme catalysis
cen.acs.org
September 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Wilfred A. van der Donk uses chemistry, enzymology, and molecular biology to better understand enzyme catalysis and applies that knowledge to synthetic biology.
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
Gimli (he/him): "Gimli's heart enzyme is still high; 3 months till we know more. Sigh"
#waitingisthehardestpart #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
#waitingisthehardestpart #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
May 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Gimli (he/him): "Gimli's heart enzyme is still high; 3 months till we know more. Sigh"
#waitingisthehardestpart #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
#waitingisthehardestpart #corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
September 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.
This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...
UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News
UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.
news.ubc.ca
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...
Here are my first thoughts as a phage person about the @anthropic.com announcement about a novel enzyme on a phage: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-tho...
My thoughts on the Anthropic phage enzyme discovery
* Disclaimer: This is not a scientific review, just a few thoughts I had while reading..
www.linkedin.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Here are my first thoughts as a phage person about the @anthropic.com announcement about a novel enzyme on a phage: www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-tho...
Anthropic says Claude AI helped discover novel enzyme system reut.rs/4cXRNYz
Anthropic says Claude AI helped discover novel enzyme system
Anthropic on Wednesday said its Claude model helped discover a novel enzyme system with properties reminiscent of mechanisms in gene-editing technology CRISPR, marking the first result from the AI startup's biology research efforts.
reut.rs
September 23, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Anthropic says Claude AI helped discover novel enzyme system reut.rs/4cXRNYz
Radishes are the Schrodinger's cat of vegetables. They contain no spicy chemicals on their own. They only taste spicy because when you bite them you damage their cells, releasing a sulfur compound and an enzyme that breaks it down. The result is AITC—the same chemical in wasabi and mustard.
August 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Radishes are the Schrodinger's cat of vegetables. They contain no spicy chemicals on their own. They only taste spicy because when you bite them you damage their cells, releasing a sulfur compound and an enzyme that breaks it down. The result is AITC—the same chemical in wasabi and mustard.
Unser Körper funktioniert nur in einem sehr engen Temperaturbereich. Viele biochemische Prozesse, etwa das richtige Funktionieren vieler Enzyme, hängen empfindlich von der Temperatur ab. Daher sorgt unser Körper dafür, das Körperinnere immer konstant auf derselben Kerntemperatur zu halten.
June 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Unser Körper funktioniert nur in einem sehr engen Temperaturbereich. Viele biochemische Prozesse, etwa das richtige Funktionieren vieler Enzyme, hängen empfindlich von der Temperatur ab. Daher sorgt unser Körper dafür, das Körperinnere immer konstant auf derselben Kerntemperatur zu halten.
I see that @anthropic.com is now competing with PhD students in Biology/Bioengineering labs, whose biggest worry until now was being inevitably scooped by the Feng Zhang and Jennifer Doudna labs. Very different from Wild West days of RT discoveries in my PhD. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
Claude discovers a novel enzyme system
In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.
www.anthropic.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I see that @anthropic.com is now competing with PhD students in Biology/Bioengineering labs, whose biggest worry until now was being inevitably scooped by the Feng Zhang and Jennifer Doudna labs. Very different from Wild West days of RT discoveries in my PhD. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...