Featured articles
From 2006-2011, the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) collaborated to provide the Functional Glycomics Update, a one-stop resource with monthly updates on the latest developments in glycobiology. Here, access the complete archive of Featured Articles, specially written editors' reviews on the most exciting findings in glycobiology. Original pieces created by NPG as part of the NPG-CFG partnership are subject to copyright by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited; used with permission.
June 2009
Making a brain: Without sugar, NCAM can't
Disruption of a unique type of glycosylation causes pathological brain development and may lead to schizophrenia.
Original research paper: Brain (published online 14 May 2009)
doi:10.1093/brain/awp117Virus neutralization: Sweet antibodies have more bite
New production systems focusing on the defined glycosylation of antibodies are improving potency and therapeutic potential.
Original research paper: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (published online 12 May 2009)
doi:10.1007/s00253-009-2029-1
