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When glycans start attracting general attention, the main features of glycobiology are described displaying the large panorama of functions and associated difficulties and challenges. With glycans being so little understood, there is plenty to learn.
According to Ajit Varki: “Glycoscientists are like kids in a candy shop. But the bad part is there aren’t many kids in the shop”
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is highly specialized to protect the brain from harmful circulating factors...
Glycobiology is rooted in the study of monosaccharides, Angstrom-sized molecules that are the building blocks...
Rhamnogalacturonan-II (RG-II) is the most complex polysaccharide known in Nature and plays an indispensable role...
