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News of the Alliance

"Sweetening The Search For Breast Cancer Biomarkers" Exit Disclaimer, Chemical & Engineering News, May 2, 2011.

"Antibodies Against Abnormal Glycoproteins Identified as Possible Biomarkers for Cancer Detection", NCI Press Release, February 2, 2010.

"Race against time. UNMC researchers to improve odds for patients with pancreatic cancer" Exit Disclaimer, UNMC Website, Nov. 12, 2009, www.unmc.edu.

"Ajit Varki: On the origins of maladies," Exit Disclaimer Amy Maxmen, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2009;206 1836-1837, published online; August 31, 2009.

"How Eating Red Meat Can Spur Cancer Progression," Exit Disclaimer Debra Kain, UCS San Diego News Center, online. November 13, 2008.

"Major grants help researchers take on serious diseases and urban-health crises; William Hancock wants to catch breast cancer sooner," Exit Disclaimer Northeastern University Alumni Magazine, Winter 2007/2008, vol. 33,
no. 2.

"Stanford Tumor Glycome Laboratory:  A New Initiative of University's Postgenomics Research," Exit Disclaimer Research News, Stanford University Online Feature, October 18, 2007.

"Award to UCSD to Fund Novel Approaches to Detecting Cancer," Exit Disclaimer Debra Kain, UCS San Diego News Center, online. October 8, 2007.

"Sweet Science," Exit Disclaimer Roberta Kwok, Food, Volume 30 Number 1, Fall 2007.

"New Initiative to Study the Glycobiology of Cancer Could Aid Understanding of Cancer Risk and Detection", NCI press release, Aug. 22, 2007.

"Tracking a killer," Exit Disclaimer in Maximizing Research Opportunities, online feature, Aug 22, 2007.

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Identification of potential glycan cancer markers with sialic acid attached to sialic acid and up-regulated fucosylated galactose structures in epidermal growth factor receptor secreted from A431 cell line. Exit Disclaimer Mol Cell Proteomics. 2013 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print]


The National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council has conducted a study entitled "Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences." For more information on this study see: http://glyco.nas.edu/ Exit Disclaimer

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Last updated: 02/12/2013
 
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