Every living cell's surface has a protein-embedded membrane that's covered in polysaccharide chains - a literal sugar coating. A new study found this coating is especially thick and pronounced on cancer cells - leading to a more lethal cancer. "Changes to the sugar composition on the cell surface could alter physically how receptors are organized," one researcher said. "That's really the big thing: coupling the regulation of the sugar coating to these biochemical signaling molecules."
Every living cell's surface has a protein-embedded membrane that's covered in polysaccharide chains - a literal sugar coating. A new study found this coating is especially thick and pronounced on cancer cells - leading to a more lethal cancer. "Changes to the sugar composition on the cell surface could alter physically how receptors are organized," one researcher said. "That's really the big thing: coupling the regulation of the sugar coating to these biochemical signaling molecules."
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