The sugars that breast cancer cells shed into the bloodstream could provide an early cancer warning, according to a press release from GlycoNet, Canada’s national network of sugar science researchers. Karla Williams, PhD, Canada research chair in oncology at the University of British Columbia, discovered that certain glycans — long chains of sugars — are found more often on the surface of cancer cells, as opposed to healthy cells. Cells shed small fragments of themselves,…
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