Cutting-edge glycan analysis to transform biopharma and diagnostics

Glycobiology is an expanding field that explores how the diverse process of adding glycans to cellular proteins and lipids (glycosylation) shapes essential biological functions, influences disease progression, and serves as a powerful source of diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

With the mammalian glycome comprising thousands of structures, accurate glycan profiling is critical for understanding normal cell activity, cancer biology, biologic drug development, and pathogen behavior, as seen during COVID‑19 when SARS‑CoV‑2 spike protein glycosylation was mapped to reveal mechanisms of host‑cell entry.

Modern lectin-based tools, including Vector Laboratories’ purified lectins, lectin conjugates, screening kits, and the other glycobiology reagents, now enable researchers to sensitively detect, characterize, and spatially map complex glycans across biological systems, driving advances in glycan profiling and the study of altered glycosylation in disease.

Download this SelectScience guide to explore:

• Glycosylation in health and disease states
• The role lectins play
• How to select glycan profiling kits and lectins
• Glycobiology in cancer research as a case study
• Advice from the experts in glycan analysis

Resource details:

• Document type: SelectScience guide
• Page count: 26
• Read time: 39 mins
• Edition: 1st