Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future

by Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309260833
• ISBN13: 9780309260831
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"