24 septiembre 2014
An enzyme found in all living things could hold the key to combating deadly diseases such as sleeping sickness, a study suggests. Researchers say this discovery creates an opportunity to design drugs that block activity of the enzyme — known as pyruvate kinase — in species that cause infection. Blocking the enzyme would effectively kill the parasite, without affecting the same enzyme in the patient.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Sub6eBJmpvA/140924113655.htm
