Taiwan-Canada glycoscience workshop opens next week in Taipei

台灣與加拿大醣科學研討會下週在台北開幕

By 中央社
編譯:劉耀畬

2009-11-15 00:00:00

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A Taiwan-Canada glycoscience workshop will　be held at Taiwan's leading research institute Academia Sinica in　Taipei next week, with the hope of setting a trend for new drug　discoveries and high-end precision machinery development in the field　through two-way collaborations, the institute said Friday.

中央研究院六日說，一項台灣與加拿大合作的醣科學研討會，下週將在台灣的領導研究機構中研院舉行，期望透過雙向合作，為發現新藥和此領域的高層次精密機械發展，建立趨勢。

Eleven Taiwanese researchers, including National Science Council　(NSC) Minister Lee Lou-chuang and Academia Sinica President Wong　Chi-huey, will take part in the Nov. 9-10 workshop with a group of 10　experts from Canada, headed by Canada's National Research Council　(NRC) Vice President Roman Szumski.　 In recent years, Wong has conducted intensive research concerning sugar molecules.

十一位台灣研究人員，包括國家科學委員會主任委員李羅權和中研院院長翁啟惠，將與十名來自加拿大的專家，參加於十一月九至十日的研討會，加拿大專家以加拿大國家研究委員會副會長羅曼舒姆斯基。翁院長近年曾密集進行醣分子的研究。

As 90 percent of the human body is glycoprotein and protein　glycosylation is well known to have profound effects on the structure　and function of proteins, glycoscience is rapidly emerging as an　important scientific topic, Academia Sinica said in a press release.

中研院在新聞稿中說，由於人體百分之九十是醣蛋白，而眾所周知醣基化對蛋白質結構和功能具有深遠影響，因此醣科學正迅速成為一個重要的科學話題。

For instance, most infections caused by viruses and the　spread of cancer are proven to be closely related to protein　glycosylation -- an important post-translational modification for　protein molecules involved in cell membrane formation.

例如，大多數病毒引起的感染以及癌症的擴散已被證明與蛋白質的醣基化密切相關，醣基化是涉及細胞膜形成的重要的蛋白質分子後轉譯變型歷程。

Therefore, glycoscience has become the key to exploring the roots　of many diseases caused by abnormal glycosylation nowadays.

因此，醣科學已成為今日探索多種醣基化異常引起的疾病的關鍵。