This was mainly found in older mice. Dr Daniel Starczynowski said: 'ADP-heptose is uniquely found in the circulation of older individuals and favours the expansion of pre-leukemic cells.

Heptose moieties not only act as building blocks of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and capsular polysaccharides (CPSs), which are important for the infection, colonization, and immune recognition of ...