Scientists may have overlooked a crucial window into human health. Glycans are sugar molecules that naturally coat the surface of our cells, and according to Nautilus, researchers now believe they could revolutionize medicine. Long dismissed as peripheral, these molecular coatings appear to hold keys to understanding disease—suggesting that what we've ignored on every cell in our body may have been signaling our wellbeing all along.

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