Today is the last day of the European Week Against Cancer.๐
The ERC funds #CancerResearch. For example, ERC grantee Paula Mendes @unibirmingham developed a test that can detect telltale sugars that hint at cancer, heart and brain diseases.
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๐ฆ๐: https://nitter.eu/ERC_Research/status/1531561148138500097
Nanoscale moulds capture telltale sugars that hint at cancer, heart and brain diseases
A new test using advanced nanomaterials could speed up diagnostics for a range of major human diseases. During the final stages of protein synthesis in cells, short chains of sugars known as glycans are attached, a process known as glycosylation. This creates glycoproteins, and a huge number of variants known as glycoforms.