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BG Medicine Inc. Launches Galectin-3 Website and Commences Galectin-3 Assay Service for Clinical Research

Published in Blood Weekly, April 16th, 2009

BG Medicine Inc. (BGM), a developer of novel, biomarker-based diagnostic products, announced the launch of the Galectin-3 Website (www.galectin-3.com) which will provide an array of research materials associated with galectin-3.

Galectins are a unique class of proteins with a relatively high affinity for specific carbohydrate compounds. Upon the tight specific binding between carbohydrate and protein, galectins display certain profound biological effects. Galectins were first described in 1994 and to date, 15 members have been identified. Accruing evidence indicates that galectins are important immunoregulatory mediators and research in the role of galectins in health...

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