The glycocalyx surrounds each cell in the human body like a coat. This complex sugar layer plays a key role in the ...

Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the human receptor for sweet tastes, which deepens our understanding of how we taste things. These findings, which were reported in Cel l, could also ...

What made ribose the sugar of choice for life's code? Scientists at Scripps Research may have cracked a major part of this mystery. Their experiments show that ribose binds more readily and ...

Scripps scientists show that ribose may have been nature’s preferred sugar for building RNA, offering new insight into how life’s molecular foundations may have formed before biology began. Today, ...

Sweetness is central to the appeal of citrus fruit, but the molecular story behind that flavor has long remained untold.

Professor Urtė Neniškytė of Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) has been awarded a prestigious €2 million ...

How plants use sugar to produce roots Heidelberg biologists identify the molecular mechanism that controls root branching Date: May 22, 2023 Source: Heidelberg University Summary: Along with sugar ...