Scientists propose attacking bioenergetic metabolism to improve anti-cancer therapies

Monday, August 31, 2015 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Blocking glycolysis -- the molecular mechanism that makes it possible to extract energy from glucose -- is especially damaging to the division of cancer cells, research shows. Specifically acting on this energy-based peculiarity could be effective in treating cancer in combination with chemotherapeutic agents such as taxol, scientists say.

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