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7.342 Sweet Discoveries: Unraveling the Complex World of Sugars in Health and Disease, Fall 2014
(2014-12)
Glycans, which are complex assemblies of sugars, are the most prevalent class of macromolecules, surpassing nucleic acids, proteins and lipids. Glycans are essential for life, as they are a required energy source, provide ...
7.345 The War on Superbugs: Antibiotic Development and the Emergence of Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Fall 2015
(2015-12)
Bacteria and fungi have produced antibiotics, small molecules that can prevent the growth of or kill bacteria by inhibiting essential biological pathways, as a defense mechanism long before humans walked the earth. The ...