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We particularly thank Ajit Varki, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Co-Director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, for comments and suggestions on the manuscript. The report (NRC, 2012b) was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.