One could certainly highlight a conceptual resemblance between social interactions as the
basis of societies and civilizations and the ability of molecules to interact in a noncovalent …

Multivalency plays a major role in biological processes and particularly in the relationship
between pathogenic microorganisms and their host that involves protein–glycan recognition …

The formation of particulate systems with well-defined sizes and shapes is of eminent
interest in certain medical applications such as drug delivery, gene transfection, and …

Dendrimers are versatile, derivatisable, well-defined, compartmentalised chemical polymers
with sizes and physicochemical properties resembling those of biomolecules eg proteins …

Adhesion of pathogenic organisms to host tissues is the prerequisite for the initiation of the
majority of infectious diseases. In many systems, it is mediated by lectins present on the …

Mannose‐binding type 1 pili are important virulence factors for the establishment of
Escherichia coli urinary tract infections (UTIs). These infections are initiated by adhesion of …

Prebiotic oligosaccharides are thought to provide beneficial effects in the gastrointestinal
tract of humans and animals by stimulating growth of selected members of the intestinal …

In the past year, significant advances have been made in the synthesis and study of
glycodendrimers and peptide dendrimers. Application of these dendrimers to the study of …

Background The most demanding challenge in research on molecular aspects within the
flow of biological information is posed by the complex carbohydrates (glycan part of cellular …

Multivalent carbohydrates are currently produced in many forms ranging from dendrimers,
polymers, micelles, vesicles, nanoparticles to functionalized nanotubes, in order to enhance …