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Science 23 March 2001:
Vol. 291. no. 5512, p. 2339
DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5512.2339
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Saving Lives With Sugar

Joseph Alper

Six years ago, Hudson Freeze noticed that cells from a slime mold showed biochemical similarities to cells taken from a child with a disorder in the way cells manipulate sugars. This chance observation led to the development of a lifesaving treatment for a rare genetic disorder.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Antiviral Effects of an Iminosugar Derivative on Flavivirus Infections.
S.-F. Wu, C.-J. Lee, C.-L. Liao, R. A. Dwek, N. Zitzmann, and Y.-L. Lin (2002)
J. Virol. 76, 3596-3604
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Update and perspectives on congenital disorders of glycosylation.
H. H. Freeze (2001)
Glycobiology 11, 129R-143R
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