These age-related changes to the glycocalyx weaken the blood-brain barrier, Shi found. As the barrier becomes leaky with age, harmful molecules can infiltrate the brain, potentially fueling ...

Tulane University researcher Olan Jackson-Weaver received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical ...

But a new study from researchers at the University of Bristol offers fresh hope. It looks at how a well-known medicine called ...

This protective sheath, called the glycocalyx, consists of sugar-rich proteins (glycoproteins). As the first contact to the environment, it determines how cells adhere to surfaces, move and sense ...

Professor Bruce Turnbull The surface of every living cell is covered in a layer of complex carbohydrate structures known as the glycocalyx. The types of carbohydrates present differ from one cell type ...