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biochemical pathways

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  1. In biology, the long chains of chemical reactions that take place in the normal operation of living systems.


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While both drugs target the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzyme to prevent viral replication, they do so through entirely different biochemical pathways.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Coviello says that with such long and intricate biochemical pathways, there’s potential in new medications that incorporate more than one receptor agonist.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025

The researchers discovered that a small number of biochemical pathways are responsible for the majority of these changes, which could help inform new early detection and prevention strategies for autism.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

Through the same biochemical pathways, humans are changed by exposure to external events in ways we rarely see coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

The researchers sequenced the genomes of the entire community of microbes in the groundwater and tracked down the biochemical pathways and reactions most likely to produce oxygen.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 22, 2023

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