A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine involving scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute ...

Among a group of cell surface proteins known as sialic-acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs), CD33-related Siglecs are found mainly on innate immune cells and are involved in cell ...

Faith Sinclair, 32, and her brother Daniel Peach, 43, have sialidosis, an inherited progressive metabolic disorder caused by a faulty gene that prevents cells from breaking down sialic acid ...

Work from their lab had previously found that ST6GAL1 is overactive in pancreatic cancer, peppering cancerous cells’ membranes with a sugar called 2,6-sialic acid. An abundance of sugars on their ...

A study now identifies a pathway whereby growth factor signalling induces local acidification, driving sialic acid removal and galectin-3-mediated integrin internalization. O-fucosylation ...

March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- High on the cliffs in Borneo, tiny birds known as swiftlets build nests that contain the highest natural concentration of sialic acid in the world. Now, this and ...