We have used the interaction between module 7 of complement factor H (CFH∼7) and a fully sulfated heparin tetrasaccharide to exemplify a new approach for studying contributions of basic side chains to ...

A new study reveals how sea cucumbers fight cancer by blocking enzymes. Credit: Nevit Dilmen / CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study led by the University of Mississippi has found that a sugar compound extracted ...

Sea cucumbers, long known for cleaning the ocean floor, may also harbor a powerful cancer-fighting secret. Scientists discovered a unique sugar in these marine creatures that can block Sulf-2, an ...

Heparan sulfate (HS) is a cell surface polysaccharide recently identified as a coreceptor with the ACE2 protein for the S1 spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 virus, providing a tractable new therapeutic ...