Carbohydrates, and glycoconjugate chemistry

However, it is evident that advances in immune system knowledge must be flanked by sound synthetic carbohydrate and glycoconjugate chemistry, which is still a challenging and hard task, even if the synthesis can now rely on efficient methods. It s not unreasonable to believe that, while carbohydrates themselves may not be particularly immunogenic, their conjugation to an appropriate multivalenced structure may work well. 

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