Biologists find an early sign of cancer
Patients show boost in certain amino acids years before diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
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Turning on key enzyme blocks tumor formation
Drug-like molecule restores normal cell metabolism, preventing cancer cells from growing.
Seeing what’s inside a tumor
Imaging technology could help researchers test new drugs for treating brain cancer.
How cancer cells get by on a starvation diet
New study shows that tumor cells, deprived of glucose, alter their metabolism to use other sources of sustenance.
An unexpected twist in cancer metabolism
A cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors.
To starve a tumor
MIT’s Matthew Vander Heiden is part of a new generation of cancer researchers trying to exploit cancer cells’ strange metabolism.