UNIVERSITY OF BASEL Cancer cells use sugar molecules on their surface to disable attacks by the body’s immune system. Researchers at the University of Basel now report on how this mechanism can be neutralized. The immune system is actually extremely well equipped to get rid of abnormal cells. As a safety mechanism, special features are...
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Mouse experiments show how sugar molecules can be used to track stem cells
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: UNLIKE MOST OTHER CELLS, MANNOSE RESIDUES (GREEN) ARE ABUNDANT ON THE MSC CELL MEMBRANE. USING AN MRI TECHNIQUE THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE PRESENCE OF MANNOSE, TRACKING OF TRANSPLANTED MSCS IS NOW POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE NEED OF LABELING THEM. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF SHREYAS KUDDANNAYA EMBARGOED TILL MONDAY, FEB. 7 AT...
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Cancer detection with sugar molecules
Like a spaceship, the complex sugar molecule (coloured) lands exactly on the tumor protein galectin-1, which here looks like a meteorite and is shown in black and white. Galectins are a family of proteins that have become a promising source of cancer research in recent years. A representative thereof is galectin-1. It sits on...