Show Notes
This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 91.
Song title: Sugar Codes on the Edge of Fire
Original Base by Base episode: 91: Plasma N‑Glycome, Liver Disease & Anti‑inflammatory Proteins
Article metadata:
Article title: A genome-wide association study in 10,000 individuals links plasma N-glycome to liver disease and anti-inflammatory proteins
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60431-y
Reference: Sharapov S, Timoshchuk A, Zaytseva O, et al. A genome-wide association study in 10,000 individuals links plasma N-glycome to liver disease and anti-inflammatory proteins. Nature Communications. 2025;16:5525. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-60431-y
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Midnight in the lab, bright screen, steady glow
Ten thousand lives in numbers, letting patterns show
Little sugar branches dancing on the proteins we know
A secret map in plasma, where the quiet currents flow
Pre-Chorus
Every peak a clue, every shift a sign
Genes pull the strings in networks, crossing every line
From liver-made to immune-made, the signals realign
Chorus
Read the sugar codes, let them light the way
From inflammation’s echo to the scars we cannot name
If the liver’s under pressure, we can hear it in the frame
New markers, new targets—turn the dark into a flame
Read the sugar codes, let them light the way
Verse 2
Forty strong loci calling, like a pulse beneath the skin
Some old doors swing open, and some new roads begin
Tissue-specific whispers—where the healing can get in
A glycan score predicting where the risks are settling in
Bridge
High-mannose rising—lipids start to sway
Another strand points to breath that breaks and frays
Not destiny, just leverage—now we know what to assay
So we can shift the pathway, not just watch it day by day
Final Chorus
Read the sugar codes, let them light the way
From metabolic trouble to the fire of inflammation’s name
Candidate genes, clear signals—giving science something to claim
New markers, new targets—turn the dark into a flame
Read the sugar codes, let them light the way
