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Nature Chemical Biology 4, 586–587 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nchembio1008-586

Sugars stack up

Chad Tatko

Polysaccharides surround us, from the food we eat to the paper this journal is printed on. In vivo, specific polysaccharide recognition plays an integral role in mediating cell recognition, apoptosis and disease.