Chemists have a sweet spot for cyclodextrin (CD) rings, cyclic molecules made of glucose sugars linked together like dancers in a Henri Matisse painting. Cyclodextrins have found use as drug delivery ...

Cyclodextrins are cyclic oligomers of glucose that have a significant number of applications in the pharmaceutical industries. Water-soluble cyclodextrins can form inclusion complexes with small ...

In the latest step in science’s never-ending quest for tinyness, researchers at Northwestern University have made edible nanostructures. “It tastes like starch,” said Ronald A. Smaldone, a ...

Cats with Niemann Pick Type C -- which mirrors the human version of the disease -- show vast improvements when treated with a compound called cyclodextrin, researchers have found. While NPC typically ...

Beren Therapeutics PBC has identified β-cyclodextrin derivatives reported to be useful for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.

Two parents’ quest to save their twin daughters’ lives from a rare, degenerative genetic disorder may end up saving and improving the lives of millions. After digging through medical literature and ...

A sugar that freshens air in rooms may also clean cholesterol out of hardened arteries. The sugar, cyclodextrin, removed cholesterol that had built up in the arteries of mice fed a high-fat diet, ...