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Cracking the sugar code: Why the 'glycome' is the next big thing in health and medicine

  • Written by Emanual Maverakis, Associate Professor- Departments of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Dermatology | Member- Foods For Health Institute | Member- Comprehensive Cancer Center | Director- Autoimmunity | Director- Immune Monitoring Core, University
Cracking the sugar code: Why the 'glycome' is the next big thing in health and medicineBy molekuul_be/shutterstock.com

When you think of sugar, you probably think of the sweet, white, crystalline table sugar that you use to make cookies or sweeten your coffee. But did you know that within our body, simple sugar molecules can be connected together to create powerful structures that have recently been found to be linked to health...

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