Like Venom Coursing Through the Body: Researchers Identify Mechanism Driving COVID-19 Mortality
Rosemary Brandt Researchers from the University of Arizona, in collaboration with Stony Brook University and Wake Forest School of Medicine, analyzed blood samples from two COVID-19 patient cohorts and found that circulation of the enzyme – secreted phospholipase A2 group IIA, or sPLA2-IIA, – may be the most important factor in predicting which patients with […]
Beneficial Properties of Bromelain
Pawel Hikisz and Joanna Bernaskinska-Slomczewska Beneficial Properties of Bromelain Bromelain is a major sulfhydryl proteolytic enzyme found in pineapple plants, having multiple activities in many areas of medicine. Due to its low toxicity, high efficiency, high availability, and relative simplicity of acquisition, it is the object of inexhaustible interest of scientists. This review summarizes scientific […]
