Uncharted territory: Scientists sequence the first carbohydrate biopolymer
Uncharted territory: Scientists sequence the first carbohydrate biopolymer - Today, for the first time ever, a team of researchers led by Robert Linhardt of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced in the Oct. 9 advanced online publication edition of the journal Nature Chemical Biology the sequence of a complete complex carbohydrate biopolymer. The surprising discovery provides the scientific and medical communities with an important and fundamental new view of these vital biomolecules, which play a role in everything from cell structure and development to disease pathology and blood clotting.
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