Like Vioxx, it is an arthritis drug that works by inhibiting the enzyme known as COX-2, without knocking out another enzyme called COX-1.

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The synthetic collagen appears to be just like the collagen found in humans, as an initial test indicated that an enzyme that breaks down collagen in the body also breaks down the synthetic collagen.

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When the enzyme complex stops functioning, cellular clutter builds up in ways that prevents basic tasks like cell division from getting done, sometimes causing the cell to kill itself.

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