First automated carbohydrate 'assembly line' opens door to new field of medicine

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 09:14 in Biology & Nature

Scientists from Germany reported a major advance toward opening the doors of a carbohydrate-based medicine chest for the 21st Century. Much more than just potatoes and pasta, these carbohydrates may form the basis of revolutionary new vaccines and drugs to battle malaria, HIV, and a bevy of other diseases...

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