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Biochemical reactions are occurring constantly in cells, converting starting substances to different products, usually with the help of enzymes that speed the reactions. Without enzymes, it would take far too long for most reactions to occur to be useful to the cell!

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Elliott E Ridgeon¹, Paul J Young, Rinaldo Bellomo

¹Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand, and Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand; Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Melbourne and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

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