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“Understanding how glycans enable microorganisms to get a foothold in the vaginal microbiome offers new, exciting avenues for therapeutic design to prevent or encourage their binding and colonisation and hence improve women's health outcomes.” Dr Virginia Tajadura-Ortega, MDR
July 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Understanding how glycans enable microorganisms to get a foothold in the vaginal microbiome offers new, exciting avenues for therapeutic design to prevent or encourage their binding and colonisation and hence improve women's health outcomes.” Dr Virginia Tajadura-Ortega, MDR
"Our findings offer the first detailed insight into these complex glycan-bacteria interactions and open the door to broader microbiome research, not just for women’s health, but across diverse biological systems.” Dr Yan Liu, MDR
Read the Nature Communications paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the Nature Communications paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Identification and characterisation of vaginal bacteria-glycan interactions implicated in reproductive tract health and pregnancy outcomes - Nature Communications
A study by Tajadura-Ortega et al. uses glycan microarrays to reveal how vaginal microbiota interacts with host glycans, offering insights into how glycan interactions influence bacterial colonization ...
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Our findings offer the first detailed insight into these complex glycan-bacteria interactions and open the door to broader microbiome research, not just for women’s health, but across diverse biological systems.” Dr Yan Liu, MDR
Read the Nature Communications paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the Nature Communications paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...