Colon cancer may yield to cellular sugar starvation
Friday, August 7, 2009 - 03:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre have discovered how two cancer-promoting genes enhance a tumour's capacity to grow and survive under conditions where normal cells die. The knowledge, they say, may offer new treatments that starve cancer cells of a key nutrient - sugar. However, the scientists caution that research does not suggest that altering dietary sugar will make any difference in the growth and development of cancer...