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Study finds cancer cells use a new fuel in absence of sugar
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Study finds cancer cells use a new fuel in absence of sugar

by Anna Megdell, University of Michigan Profiling of metabolite utilization in PDA cells identifies uridine. Credit: Nature (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06073-w Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a new nutrient source that pancreatic cancer cells use to grow. The molecule, uridine, offers insight into both biochemical processes and possible therapeutic pathways. The findings, published in...