News tagged with sugar chains

Mechanism behind compound's effects on skin inflammation and cancer progression

Charles J. Dimitroff, MS, PhD and colleagues in the Dimitroff Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a fluorinated analog of glucosamine, which, in a recent study, has been shown to block the synthesis of key ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unusual protein modification involved in muscular dystrophy, cancer

With the discovery of a new type of chemical modification on an important muscle protein, a University of Iowa study improves understanding of certain muscular dystrophies and could potentially lead to new treatments for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine

Scientists from Germany today reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Enzyme with a Sugar Antenna: Researchers achieve semisynthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In general, natural glycoproteins ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0