Cancer cell's 'self eating' tactic may be its weakness
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Researchers reveal how pancreatic cancer cells adapt to the low energy environment of a tumor: by eating their own mitochondria! Now, by targeting this process, researchers hope to halt cancer cell proliferation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
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