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NGNA
(redirected from N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid)

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NGNANational Gerontological Nursing Association
NGNANext Generation Network Architecture
NGNAN-Glycolylneuraminic Acid
NGNANext Generation Network Access


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and colleagues have found that inflammation resulting from a molecule introduced through consumption of these foods could promote tumour growth, For the study, the researchers examined a non-human cellular molecule called N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), which is a type of glycan, or sugar molecule, that humans don't naturally produce, but that can be incorporated into human tissues as a result of eating red meat.
Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers said they found batches of available stem cells were contaminated with a non-human molecule called N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) The molecule is found on the surface of animal cells but not on human cells, and is attacked by the human immune system.
The new study, led by scientists at the University of California in San Diego, US, is the first on dietary absorption of a cell-surface sugar called N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc).
 
 
 
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