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Provided A centrifugal concentrator tube containing purified GluER T36A enzyme. Its yellow color comes from the presence of the flavin cofactor within the enzyme, essential for its function.

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Molecular Engines for Drug Synthesis

by : Laura DeMassa '21 , Cornell Research

Enzymes, the huge proteins that catalyze chemical reactions such as fermentation and photosynthesis, have striking potential for medicine, says Sophie G. Bender, a doctoral student in the department of chemistry and chemical biology, in a Cornell Research profile. Currently, it is uncommon for enzymes to be used in organic chemical reactions, such as those required for making medicine. But…

Ezinwa Osuoha
Ezinwa Ozuoha

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A Corallary to War

by : Laura DeMassa '21 , Cornell Research

Ezinwa Osuoha ’22 wants to reduce health-care disparities in the United States and around the globe. As a McNair Scholar, she compares disease outbreaks in different nations, including cholera in Yemen, asthma in Syria, and COVID-19 in the United States. Each of these outbreaks could have been lessened, she argues, with adequate public health resources. “We often dissociate in a demeaning…