Abstract: The present invention describes glycans, which are specifically expressed by certain cancer cells, tumours and other malignant tissues. The present invention describes methods to detect cancer specific glycans as well as methods for the production of reagents binding to said glycans. The invention is also directed to the use of said glycans and reagents binding to them for the diagnostics of cancer and malignancies. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of said glycans and reagents binding to them for the treatment of cancer and malignancies. Moreover, the present invention comprises efficient methods to differentiate between malignant and benign tumors by analyzing glycan structures.

Abstract: The present invention describes glycans, which are specifically expressed by certain cancer cells, tumours and other malignant tissues. The present invention describes methods to detect cancer specific glycans as well as methods for the production of reagents binding to said glycans. The invention is also directed to the use of said glycans and reagents binding to them for the diagnostics of cancer and malignancies. Furthermore, the invention is directed to the use of said glycans and reagents binding to them for the treatment of cancer and malignancies. Moreover, the present invention comprises efficient methods to differentiate between malignant and benign tumors by analyzing glycan structures.

Abstract: The invention relates to the method for evaluating the potential of a chemical entity, such as an antibody, to bind to a peptide epitope derived from the divalent sialoside binding site of hemagglutinin protein of influenza virus. The invention also provides peptide epitopes for use in the prevention and/or treatment of influenza or for the development of such treatment or vaccine against influenza.

Abstract: The present invention relates to long branched poly-N-acetyllactosamines and analogous spacer modified divalent sialosides binding to the large binding site of influenza hemagglutinin. The invention further relates to the method for evaluating the potential of a chemical entity to bind to a molecule or molecular complex comprising a large binding site of influenza hemagglutinin. The invention also provides ligands to influenza hemagglutinin for use in the prevention and/or treatment of influenza.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel methods to produce carbohydrate polymers and oligomers especially for pharmaceutical and food industries. The invention is directed to methods to remodel monosaccharides, and/or oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides by a different monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide and optionally by further alcohol substances, under condensing conditions, preferably in acid catalysed reactions.

Abstract: The present application describes a binding epitope to Helicobacter pylori, namely substances comprising the oligosaccharide sequence -Gal(Nac)r2$g(b)4Glc(A)q2(Nac)r3-, and the use thereof in pharmaceutical and nutritional compositions for the treatment of conditions due to the presence of Helicobacter pylori in a subject, e.g. gastritis, gastric ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma, liver disease, pancreatic disease, skin disease, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and sudden infant death syndrome. The invention is also directed to the use of the receptor for diagnostics of Helicobacter pylori, to a method of producing chondroitin oligosaccharides from chondroitin sulphates, and a method for production of amidated glucuronic acid comprising oligosaccharides and monosaccharides from glucuronic acid comprising polysaccharides.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for diagnosing cancer in a biological sample by determining the presence of a LacdiNAc oligosaccharide sequence. The invention can be used for diagnostic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, cancer vaccines, and antigenic carbohydrate substances. The presence of cancer and malignancies is determined by contacting the biological sample with a reagent that binds to the oligosaccharide sequence. This same method can also be used in the treatment of cancer and malignancies.