Working with aspartic acid and asparagine, however, we have for some time observed that yeast growth has been stimulated under some conditions to a remarkable extent if either aspartic acid or ...

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 ...

Tumour with Salmonella in blue (Image: Supplied) The bacteria deplete an amino acid called asparagine, which suppresses tumour growth but also disrupts the metabolic processes of T cells.

Using mice, the team found salmonella stopped T cells from fighting cancer cells because the bacteria depleting an amino acid called asparagine. It is now hoped the discovery can lead to ...