Carbohydrate recognition is central to a myriad of biological processes including cell signalling, immune response and pathogen detection. Equally, synthetic receptors have emerged as powerful tools ...

Sugars (see Box 1-1) are everywhere. They are the foundation of all life on Earth. The most important biochemical process on Earth is photosynthesis—plants, algae, and other similar organisms using ...

When Clay Bennett started his postdoctoral stint in 2005, he thought—“naively,” he admits—that he would spend just a couple of months preparing a few grams of an oligosaccharide before using the ...

“I’ve been making glycopeptides and glycoproteins for 25 years and have visualized how the sugars might look attached to the protein backbone both in my imagination and numerous cartoon figures,” says ...

According to social media, carbs come in various guises: naked carbs, net carbs, complex carbs and more. You might be wondering what these terms mean or if all carbs are really the same. If you are ...