Seeds can be a great snack, but the amount of sodium, calories, and other less-than-desirable aspects of the food can sneak up on you due to just how small a portion size actually is. Here are several ...

The normal human gastrointestinal tract is inhabited by a vast and diverse community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, yeasts and parasites, and it is thought that a well-balanced microbiota is ...

Siglecs are sialic-acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins that are mostly expressed by cells of the immune system. Siglecs can be divided into two subsets based on their sequence similarity and ...

Galectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins with diverse activities, but there is no unifying picture of their primary physiological role. Galectins now emerge as autonomous bacteria-killing agents ...

† Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam, Germany ‡ Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ...