MIT researchers showed that the lectin intelectin-2 bound bacterial sugars and mucus galactose, strengthening the gut barrier ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

At a recent health fair a participant wondered if lectins were unhealthy, because she had heard they weren’t. Lectins are proteins found in many plant foods, particularly whole grains and legumes ...

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The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists demonstrated that the pineapple-derived jacalin-related lectin (AcmJRL/AnLec) could be an anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Yartemlea ® (narsoplimab-wuug) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with hematopoietic stem cell transplant ...

Characteristics and prognosis of DDX41- and GATA2-mutated myeloid neoplasms. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.