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.

Cyclodextrin complexes, known for their unique ability to form stable inclusion structures that improve the solubility, ...

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, ...