Transforming Glycoscience
A Roadmap for the Future
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2012
208 pages
978-0-309-26084-8 (ISBN)
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A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this report finds. Glycansalso known as carbohydrates, saccharides, or simply as sugarsplay central roles in many biological processes and have properties useful in an array of applications. However, glycans have received little attention from the research community due to a lack of tools to probe their often complex structures and properties.Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future presents a roadmap for transforming glycoscience from a field dominated by specialists to a widely studied and integrated discipline, which could lead to a more complete understanding of glycans and help solve key challenges in diverse fields.
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Transforming Glycoscience
A Roadmap for the Future
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10/2012
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