Remodeling and humanizing an enzyme Asparaginase depletes an essential amino acid called asparagine, which some cancer cells—unlike normal cells—can't make. As a result, treatment starves the ...

Asparaginase is an enzyme, a type of protein produced by living organisms to speed up chemical reactions inside the body. For asparaginase, this reaction is breaking down an amino acid called ...

The team led by UIC's Arnon Lavie created a new form of asparaginase, an enzyme approved clinically for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common blood cancer in children. Using protein ...