Category Archives: Biotechnology

Fat Absorbing Enzyme

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it. The enzyme, is found in the intestines and plays an important part in the uptake of dietary fat by catalyzing a critical step in making triglyceride, a kind […]

Prelude to Synthetic Life Forms

Patentfox views this application as groundbreaking. The application discloses the synthesis of a minimal genome and the transfer of same into a host so as to create a new life form. The invention portends the use of engineered microorganisms for energy production and the sequestering of carbon dioxide. This application relates specifically to the identification […]