The glycocalyx, the sugar shell of animal or human cells, is ten thousand times thinner than a human hair with a thickness of a few nanometers. It was long ignored by the natural sciences, because the researchers believed it was a passive protective layer. Today it is known that the sugar layer significantly influences how cells communicate with each other... Source
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The glycocalyx, the sugar shell of animal or human cells, is ten thousand times thinner than a human hair with a thickness of a few nanometers. It was long ignored by the natural sciences, because the researchers believed it was a passive protective layer. Today it is known that the sugar layer significantly influences how cells communicate with each other... Source