A glycan microarray is a high-throughput tool for investigating the binding between glycans – polysaccharides or carbohydrates, such as heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) – and ...

Creative Biolabs’ integrated workflow addresses challenges in anti-glycopeptide antibody discovery, including weak ...

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have described a new technique for adding glycans to cells and screening interactions between glycans and proteins. Their study (“Cell-Based Glycan ...

The researchers first isolated epidermal stem cells from the skin of young and old laboratory mice, including both hair follicle cells and interfollicular epidermal cells. These cells underwent glycan ...

Study: Identification and characterisation of vaginal bacteria-glycan interactions implicated in reproductive tract health and pregnancy outcomes. Image credit: Arif biswas/Shutterstock.com A recent ...

Early diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the holy grails in cancer medicine and critical for improving overall survival. Currently, mammography is commonly used for breast cancer screening, but it ...

Despite glycans’ fundamental importance to biology, they remain poorly understood compared to DNA and proteins. Because of their structural complexity, glycans are arduous to manufacture. And unlike ...