How a research team uncovered sugar's ability to tell us about the state of our cells
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
Sugar surrounds us. Not just on our way to work as we resist a morning doughnut or after dinner as we peruse the dessert menu, but our cells are literally adorned with sugars. As NYU Chemistry Professor Lara Mahal explains, our cells are like M&M's - sugar coated. These cell surface sugars aren't just for decoration - they encode fundamental information about the cell.