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Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Board on Life Sciences (Author)
ISBN: 0309260833     ISBN-13: 9780309260831
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $42.75  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Chemistry - General
- Science | Biotechnology
- Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry
Dewey: 572.56
LCCN: 2012538709
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages
 
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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. Glycans--also known as carbohydrates, saccharides, or simply as sugars--play 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.