sialic
- a word derived from sial.
Example Sentences
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Under normal circumstances, healthy cells display a sugar called sialic acid on their surface.
From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026
Animals such as birds and humans have different docking stations on their cells — known as sialic acid receptors.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024
“The bacteria take those sugars and turn them into chemicals, like sialic acids, that are good for brain development.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021
The spikes can be decorated with sialic acid sugars to enhance binding, or with antiviral compounds such as zanamivir.
From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2021
Two preprints suggest the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, also docks with sialic acids before binding with the ACE2 receptor to pierce human cells.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 24, 2020
