Sugars come in all shapes and sizes. We need them for energy and we enjoy them, but complex variants may also be used as medicine. Chemist Peter Moons from Radboud University has developed these types ...

When Clay Bennett started his postdoctoral stint in 2005, he thought—“naively,” he admits—that he would spend just a couple of months preparing a few grams of an oligosaccharide before using the ...

Sometimes, what you eat can have an unpleasant effect on your gut. Here are six foods that can make you feel gassy or bloated. Beans and legumes—including black beans, kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas ...

In a new study, scientists reprogrammed Nicotiana benthamiana plants to produce a diverse array of beneficial sugars that are found in breast milk, called human milk oligosaccharides. Worldwide, a ...

A comprehensive study mapped the dynamic glycosylation landscape of rat serum proteins, uncovering sex- and time-dependent variations with clear cell-type specificity. Researchers found distinct ...

Is sugar or calories more important for blood sugar? Learn how each affects glucose, why both matter, and practical tips to build balanced meals for better blood sugar control.