Simple New Blood Test can Determine Severity of Multiple Sclerosis
Glycomics technology is emerging and will eventually become mainstreamed in health care. Below is an example of how Glycomics technology will be used in aiding and enhancing human health.
Glycominds, an Israel Company, wants to give the doctor more options. The Lod-based company's field of expertise is glycomics - that is the behavior of glycans, the sugars that are present in and on the surface of human cells. Genes give instructions to the proteins, but it is the glycans that guide the proteins to their targets and makes sure they do what they are supposed to do.
The multiple sclerosis market is estimated to be worth around $4 billion, notes Dukler.
Glycominds is not limiting its efforts to multiple sclerosis. The company is also looking at developing biomarkers to enable more accurate diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, which affects about a million people in the US alone. Glycominds is also looking further afield. "The GlyoChip platform has the ability to identify many other biomarkers," says Dukler. "Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases [like multiple sclerosis] are the initial focus of the company, but it is not limited to that. Glycans play a critical role in many indications."
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I am thrilled to see a blog about glyconutrients. This is some exciting stuff indeed.
I am new to this site and glyconutrients. My wife has peripheral neuropathy, and autoimmune disease where her immune system attacks her nerve endings. Boosting her immune system is not he answer, balancing her system is. She is currently taking Moducare, but does not do it as often as she should. It does, however, seem to help. How would glyconutrients aid us in our struggle to balance her system and stop the agressive symptoms? Her nerve endings have some serious healing to do.
Mike R.
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