Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

Biomedical polymers have been extensively developed for promising applications in a lot of
biomedical fields, such as therapeutic medicine delivery, disease detection and diagnosis …

Synthetic polymers are omnipresent in society as textiles and packaging materials, in
construction and medicine, among many other important applications. Alternatively, natural …

Researchers, engineers, and medical doctors are made aware of the severity of the COVID‐
19 infection and act quickly against the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 using a large variety of …

Unlike natural macromolecules (eg, nucleic acids and proteins) possessing precisely
defined molar mass, chain sequence, chirality, and topology, synthetic polymers are typically …

Carrageenan and carrageenan oligosaccharides are red seaweed sulfated carbohydrates
with well-known antiviral properties, mainly through the blocking of the viral attachment …

Despite significant accomplishments in developing efficient rapid sensing systems and nano-
therapeutics of higher efficacy, the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not …

Pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites continue to shape our lives in
profound ways every day. As we have learned to live in parallel with pathogens, we have …

The remarkable and unique characteristics of polyglycerols (PG) have made them an
attractive candidate for many applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. The …

Recognition of glycans by proteins plays a crucial role in a variety of physiological
processes in cells and living organisms. In addition, interactions of glycans with proteins are …