Transforming glycoscience : : a roadmap for the future / / Committee on Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

"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...

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Place / Publishing House:Washington, District of Columbia : : National Academies Press,, [2012]
2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (207 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The landscape of current research in glycoscience
  • Glycoscience in health, energy, and materials
  • Examples of outstanding questions in glycoscience
  • The toolkit of glycoscience.