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Nature Medicine 13, 1267 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1107-1267
Researchers look for 'sweet' method to diagnose cancer
Cassandra Willyard1
- New York
Scientists looking for the earliest signs of cancer are tracking changes in the sugary coatings on proteins, which may signal malignancy long before conventional methods can.The surfaces of many proteins are studded with complex carbohydrates, dubbed glycans.
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