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Scientific
American, July 2002, pages 40-47
"Sugars modify many
proteins and fats on cell surfaces and participate in such
biological processes as immunity and cell-to-cell
communication.
They also play a part in a
range of diseases, from viral infections to cancer."
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Medicines |
| Sugars play
critical roles in many cellular functions and
in disease. Study of those activities lags
behind research into genes and proteins but is
beginning to heat up. The discoveries promise
to yield a new generation of drug therapies |
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Thomas Maeder |
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that the human genome has been deciphered,
much of the fanfare surrounding it has
transferred to the proteome, the full
complement of proteins made from the genetic
“blueprints” stored in our cells.
Proteins, after all, carry out most of the
work in the body, and an understanding of how
they behave, the press releases say, should
translate into a font of ideas for curing all
manner of ills. Yet living cells are more than
genes and proteins. Two other major classes of
molecules--carbohydrates (simple and complex
sugars) and lipids (fats)--play profound roles
in the body as well. These substances, too,
need to be considered if scientists are to
truly understand how the human machine
operates and how to correct its maladies.
Sugars in
particular perform an astonishing range of
jobs. Once regarded mainly as energy-yielding
molecules (glucose and glycogen) and as
structural elements, they are now known to
combine with proteins and fats on cell
surfaces and, so situated, to influence
cell-to-cell communication, the functioning of
the immune system, the ability of various
infectious agents to make us sick, and the
progression of cancer. They also help to
distinguish one cell from another and to
direct the trafficking of mobile cells
throughout the body, among other tasks. So
ubiquitous are these molecules that cells
appear to other cells and to the immune system
as sugarcoated....continued at Scientific
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Science Magazine
March 23, 2001. This premier journal for researchers and
scientists dedicated an entire issue to educating the
science and medical community about Glyconutrients.
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Physician's Desk
Reference for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements
is used by 99% of all doctors and healthcare professionals
before recommending solutions to their patients. Glyconutrients
are listed for compromised immune systems.
The
2001 Physician’s Desk Reference
(PDR) for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements includes
an entry on Mannatech, Inc. (pages 819) and listings for
Mannatech’s Ambrotose, PhytAloe and Plus (pages 819-820) along
with a color picture product identification guide (page 508).
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M.D. News
June 2002. This 3-page article covers the science of sugars and
reviews specific topics such as successes with fibromyalgia,
toxic shock and diabetes. |
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Newsweek
featured a story that talked about the power of the same
substances in our product line to "kill and necrose cancer
in the human cell" |
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