Sugars Can Actually Be Good For Your Health (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Multimedia · Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:1007510

Bertozzi, Carolyn

Like peanut M&Ms, all cells are coated with sugars but the functions of these sugar coatings were a mystery until very recently. This presentation will highlight recent fascinating discoveries regarding why cells are coated with sugars, as well as new tools for cancer detection that take advantage of the cells sugar coating. Professor Bertozzis lab focuses on profiling changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection, and exploiting this information for development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In addition, her group develops nanoscience-based technologies for probing cell function and for medical diagnostics.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Friends of Science: Chabot Space and Science Center; The Exploratorium; Lawrence Hall of Science; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; University of California - Berkeley, Albany High School Science Dept; Berkeley High School Science Dept; Oakland High School Science Dept
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1007510
• Resource Relation: Conference: Science at the Theater Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, presented on February 09, 2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
COATINGS
DETECTION
INFLAMMATION
NEOPLASMS
SACCHARIDES
SACCHAROSE
CELLS
SUGARS
BLOOD
GLYCOPROTIEN
GLYCOLIPID
DISEASE
CANCER
GLYCOSYLATION