Cover Stories
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New Highly Sensitive Sugar Chips Developed
“Sugar Chips” has been one of the research interests in the lab of Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, President of Academia Sinica. The group has announced a new sugar chip method which is effective and convenient. With this new method, a single glass chip can clinically diagnoses specific diseases like cancer, bacterial, or virus infections in a very rapid manner.
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New Tools for Mapping the Glycoproteome
Protein glycosylation is an important posttranslational modification that has profound effects on the structure and function of proteins. More than 90% human proteins have carbohydrates attached to, called glycoproteins.
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A Touch of Sugar Boosts Anti-Cancer Immunity
α-GalCer, an abbreviation of α-GalactosylCeramide, which is a glycolipid that was reported to have the capability to boost the human immune system in fighting cancers back in 1995.
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Sweet Attention!
This may just be the start of it, as “Functional Glycomics” is an emerging field that attracts more and more attentions given the fact that what goes on during the glycosylation stage within a cell may very well be the key factors of many diseases.
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Powerful Sugar Probes and Sugar Chips for Tracking Protein Glycosylation
Studying the biological functions of proteins is now an important task in the post-genomic era. However, more than 80% of human proteins have sugars attached to and are called glycoproteins. The process of protein glycosylation is known to play a central role in mediating protein function in living organisms.
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A break through Mass Spectrometry device was released!
A break through Mass Spectrometry device was released to the public in the November Journal of ”Analytical Chemistry”. This innovative invention is the first of its kind capable of measuring positive and negative molecular ions simultaneously.
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GRC Developed New Carbohydrate Arrays for High-throughput Detection of Cancers and Viruses
This new breakthrough enables the rapid synthesis of oligosaccharides and attachment of them to glass slides through a photosensitive linker, so the arrays can be directly characterized by mass spectrometry.
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Do you know how much does a single cancer cell weigh ?
Mass spectrometer is one of the most important analytical tools in modern technology. It is widely used in research as well as manufacturing processes to identify major chemical components of most materials.
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Scientists found element causes SARS virus commit suicide
“Serendipity may be the best description of this crucial finding!”, says Dr. Jim-Min Fang regarding the SARS protease inhibitor found by a group of researchers aiming at drug discovery for SARS.