Enzymes and Coenzymes: News and Research on Coenzymes

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How vitamin B2 could pave the way to new cancer therapies

The human body cannot produce vitamin B2—also known as riboflavin—itself; it must absorb the important substance through diet. The vitamin can be found in dairy products, eggs, meat and green vegetables. The metabolism converts ...

Vitamin B3 therapy offers hope for fatal childhood disease

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have flipped the traditional approach to finding potential treatments for deadly diseases. Instead of starting with a disease and hunting for a cure, they began with vitamins and systematically ...

Vitamin B7 reveals a new metabolic weak spot in some cancers

A research group at the University of Lausanne (Unil) has identified a new mechanism that exposes the vulnerability of tumor cells when they are deprived of vitamin B7. The ability of cells to adapt to fluctuations in nutrient ...

Fast, simple method can detect key immunity biomarker in blood

Researchers at St. Petersburg University have developed an efficient way to detect a crucial immunity biomarker—neopterin—in the blood using nanotechnology and a laser. Neopterin is a nucleotide whose blood levels rise sharply ...

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