Pancreatic Cancers Use Fructose, Common in the Western Diet, to Fuel Their Growth
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 09:42
in Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly, a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.