Compound that blocks sugar pathway slows cancer cell growth
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 15:20
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified a compound that could be used to starve cancers of their sugar-based building blocks. The compound, called a glutaminase inhibitor, has been tested on laboratory-cultured, sugar-hungry brain cancer cells and, the scientists say, may have the potential to be used for many types of primary brain tumors.