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Molecular net fishes sugar from blood

Synthetic tool that binds to glucose could prove useful for people with diabetes.
Teenager with a glucose sensor and insulin pump.

Continuous blood-sugar monitors might someday include a newly developed molecule that binds glucose. Credit: Amelie Benoist/BSIP/Alamy

A synthetic molecule can snatch a medically important sugar from blood, and might lead to new developments in diabetes therapy.

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Nature 563, 447 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07406-w

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