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 ...

Science Scientists find a ‘weapon’ against cancer in the strange animal that ‘sweeps’ the seabed According to a group of researchers, this harvested item could help cure cancer: “If we ...

Seafloor cleaners, disease fighters “The cells in our body are essentially covered in ‘forests’ of glycans,” said Vitor Pomin, associate professor of pharmacognosy.

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What's the story A team of researchers from the University of Mississippi has made a major discovery in cancer treatment. They discovered a rare sugar compound in sea cucumbers that may help stop ...

Scientists at the University of Mississippi have made a significant discovery. They found a rare sugar in sea cucumbers. This sugar shows potential in stopping cancer spread. The compound blocks an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...