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 …

Exclusive human milk feeding of the newborn is recommended during the first 6 months of
life to promote optimal health outcomes during early life and beyond. Human milk contains a …

The first months of life are a special time for the health development and protection of
infants. Breastfeeding is the natural and best way of feeding an infant, and positively …

In just a few months, SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, created a
worldwide pandemic. Virologists, biologists, pharmacists, materials scientists, and clinicians …

Dendrimers are globular structures, presenting an initiator core, repetitive layers starting
radially from the core and terminal groups on the surface, resembling tree architecture …

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) comprise a group of structurally complex,
unconjugated glycans that are highly abundant in human milk. HMOs are minimally digested …

DNA, when folded into nanostructures with a specific shape, is capable of spacing and
arranging binding sites into a complex geometric pattern with nanometre precision. Here we …

Treating a viral disease is no simple feat. Drug resistance, latent reservoirs in the body,
emerging novel viruses, and a frequent lack of specific treatments all complicate antiviral …

The conjugation of synthetic polymers with various biomolecules provides an easy access to
biohybrid materials which combine advantages from both the synthetic world and Nature …

The research of carbon-based antivirals is still in its infancy, and their development into safe
and effective carbon dots (CDs) with antiviral activity at multiple points in the life cycle of the …