Detecting Early Forms Of Cancer By Analyzing Structure of Specific Sugar Molecules
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 22:14
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have developed a system which can pinpoint potential "biomarkers" of early forms of cancer, by looking at structures of specific sugar molecules which are attached either to proteins of cancerous cells or to proteins involved in the host response. The availability of such cancer biomarkers could also allow disease progression and response to therapy to be monitored more easily and accurately than is currently possible.
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