Certain natural plant compounds can interfere with nutrient absorption or cause symptoms in sensitive people, but preparation, balance and diet diversity usually shift the equation toward benefit. For ...

Kidney diseases affect nearly 700 million people worldwide and are a growing cause of mortality and health care costs. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) alone contributes to over 1.2 million deaths ...

Aberrant Glycosylation Drives Kidney Disease Pathogenesis. This schematic illustrates how abnormal glycosylation contributes to diverse kidney diseases: (A) galactose-deficient IgA1 in ...

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Antibodies that bind to sugars on the surface of cancer cells, rather than to proteins, have not yielded satisfactory results so far due to their low binding affinity. However, scientists at the ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

A lectin, also known as the “antinutrient” is a type of protein that binds to certain carbohydrates. Just about every organism in the world, from plants to animals to microbes, contains lectins. There ...

The FDA's new policy on glycan profiling of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) receives praise and recommendations from Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD. The most critical test of biosimilarity for recombinant ...

In theory, these undigested proteins can lead to issues such as nausea, vomiting, upset stomach and diarrhea. Some books and social media posts have also linked lectins to chronic inflammation and ...

If you lurk on social media long enough, you’re bound to find a post that warns you off eating foods high in lectins. Now, while lectins are often disparaged as “anti-nutrients” and may sound vaguely ...

Launched in 1990, The Human Genome Project was a monumental effort to sequence and analyze the entire human genome to understand how genetics influence health. While the Human Genome Project helped ...