November 2007
Carbohydrate recognition: A chemistry lab's lectin mimicry
Specific carbohydrates can be recognized in a lectin-like way by small, chemically synthesized molecules.
Original research paper: Science 318, 619-622 (2007)
doi:10.1126/science.1148735Stem cell migration: Your brain on (polysialic) acid
The presence of polysialic acid, an acidic polysaccharide, on neural cell adhesion molecules regulates cell migration and is required for the development of the mouse brain.
Original research paper: Stem Cells, 13 September- (2007)