A new connection between sugars and cancer

Source: Huliq.com

The second post for the day…

Researchers have found out new connection between sugars and cancers. Basically, a cell responds to stimuli with the help of receptors present on the surface. What the researchers at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute have found out is that these receptors are a combination of proteins and some sugars and that these sugars help in regulating the work of the receptor.

This also involves how long a receptor was available to interact with the external stimuli which are basically molecules like growth factors, etc…

Where does cancer come in the picture? When the sugars don’t do their job properly…

Now the researchers are trying to modify these sugars and finding out how it affects the function of these receptors. This could also provide a way of treating cancers by targeting these sugars using anti-receptor drugs.