SEE PAGE 804 O ne of the most challenging aspects of obesity is its link to “metabolic syndrome,” when abdominal obesity is accompanied by high fasting blood glucose, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high levels of triglycerides, and elevated blood pressure. With rising obesity rates, metabolic syndrome is likely to become more common in the years ahead (1). Although progress...

It has now been 3 years since the von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving protease implicated in thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) pathogenesis was identified as ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif 13). More than 50 ADAMTS13 mutations resulting in familial TTP have been reported. Considerable progress has also been realized toward understanding the role o...

A mannose-derived furanoid sugar amino acid (Maa) induced helical turns in peptides having repeat units of Maa(Bn(2))-Phe-Leu, which aggregated into head-to-tail duplexes in the longer oligomers.