Drug metabolism: How enzymes interact is important to toxicity and effectiveness

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 11:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have found that drug metabolism depends not only upon which enzymes are present in an individual, but also how they interact, and that can be the difference in whether a drug is safely eliminated from the body or is converted into a toxic or carcinogenic byproduct.

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