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  • n  an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria

  • PROTEIN POWER Scientists have isolated a protein called lysozyme in the urine of pregnant women that seems to be a powerful anti-AIDS agent.
  • So far, he had found only a weak one, called lysozyme, extracted from body fluids.
  • After five years of experimenting, Gerald Weissmann and Grazia Sessa disclosed that they had succeeded in trapping the cellular enzyme lysozyme in tiny microscopic bubbles of fatty .

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