Changes in brain’s ‘sugar shield’ could be key to understanding effects of aging

February 27, 2025

What if a critical piece of the puzzle of brain aging has been hiding in plain sight? While neuroscience has long focused on proteins and DNA, a team of Stanford researchers dared to shift their gaze to sugars—specifically the complex sugar chains that cover all our cells like chain mail.

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Changes in brain’s ‘sugar shield’ could be key to understanding effects of aging

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