How to Use galactose in a Sentence

galactose

noun

• With a working version of that gene, the recipient bacteria, in theory, could again feast on galactose.
  — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 July 2026
• Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
• Alpha-gal is a molecule (galactose-α-1,3-galactose) naturally produced in most mammals (but not in people), and it’s also found in the saliva of some ticks.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 27 July 2026
• Potential for High Blood Sugar When lactose is broken down by lactase in milk, it is turned into glucose and galactose, which are considered simple sugars.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2025
• The study surveyed blood donations for the disease’s key antibody, which is in a class dubbed IgE and specifically attacks a double-sugar molecule called galactose-α-1,3-galactose, also known as alpha-gal.
  — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026