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Radioactive ‘fruit sugar’ lights up cancer and inflammation
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Radioactive ‘fruit sugar’ lights up cancer and inflammation

By Paul McClure Radioactive fructose illuminated cancer cells and brain and heart inflammation on a PET scanKirby et al./Journal of Nuclear Medicine A radioactive form of fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, given to mice lit up areas of cancer and inflammation on a diagnostic medical scan. The researchers say the approach makes diseases easier...