Human mucus contains glycans that could one day treat harmful Candida albicans infections.

Prior to a 2019 preprint, “glycoRNAs” weren’t known to exist. Now, the researchers who found them say they’re on lots of cells and may play a role in immune signaling.

This is the first time sugars have been found connected to RNA molecules, suggesting a new role for RNA.

In animal fossils dating back millions of years, researchers detect traces of a glycan once synthesized by ancestral human lineages. 

Techniques for comparing the relative abundances of glycans and glycoproteins in clinical samples

A guide to glycan microarrays