A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

Chitin, which provides crucial exoskeletal structure and protection to soft-bodied arthropods such as crustaceans, spiders and insects, may have a surprising role in being able to modulate metabolism ...

Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is a specialised enzyme primarily responsible for the degradation of chitin, a naturally occurring polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and the ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons ...

“These types of immune responses are involved in many more functions in humans and mammals than just torturing us with allergies,” said Steven Van Dyken, an immunologist at Washington University and ...

New microscopy and simulations show how water interacts with two forms of chitin, revealing why one is more reactive and a better fit for future bio-based technologies. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the use of three-dimensional atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ...