Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences Report New Data on Cancer (Sequence-controlled Glycooligomers for Tumor Targeting).

A study conducted by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, has found that cancers have a higher uptake and consumption of carbohydrates compared to normal cells, making carbohydrates an effective tool for targeting cancer. The researchers developed a glycooligomer construction methodology that allows for the synthesis of sequence-controlled glycooligomers, which were found to be taken up by cancerous cells at a significantly higher rate than normal cells. The study suggests that these glycooligomers have potential applications in targeted cancer diagnosis and therapy. For more information, readers can refer to the article "Sequence-controlled Glycooligomers for Tumor Targeting" published in Cell Reports Physical Science. [Extracted from the article]