Compounds activate key cancer enzyme to interfere with tumor formation

Posted August 27th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Scientists have known for decades that cancer cells use more glucose than healthy cells, feeding the growth of some types of tumors. Now, scientists have identified compounds that delay the formation of tumors in mice, by targeting a key enzyme that governs how cancer cells use glucose and its metabolites.

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