Classic antibody functions include opsonization, complement activation, and enhancement of cellular antimicrobial function. Antibodies can also have catalytic activity, although the contribution of ...

Bethesda, MD (July 30, 2004) –Researchers in New York City and Guangzhou, China applied the rapidly-developing carbohydrate microarray technology to study an inactivated SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developers are working on analytical platforms to elucidate this latest omics field. Another “ome” has joined the biological universe. The glycoproteome has become the object of intense study. While ...

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 Glycan Display Platform released by CD BioGlyco is a one-stop solution for researchers seeking high-quality carbohydrates, glycoconjugates, enzymes, bioactive compounds, glycan analysis tools, ...

Protein and peptide microarrays, the emerging tools for proteomics and clinical assays, are high-throughput methods that track binding events and activities, and decide the function of proteins on a ...