Metabolic profiles essential for personalizing cancer therapy
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 13:31
in Biology & Nature
One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. That means that metabolic profiling will be essential for defining each cancer and choosing the best treatment accordingly, the researchers say.