'Sugar coating on our cells may hold key to better vaccines, immunity' - The Indian Express

Glycobiology has the potential to provide insights into immunology, virology, reproductive biology and drug development, says Dr Anurag Agrawal, former Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology

To a layman, glycobiology may not make much sense. But what if we told you that each of our cells comes coated in sugar. And that some influenza viruses affect the upper airways and some infect deepe… [+4352 chars]

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