A sugar hit to help destroy cancer cells

Like any cells in the body, cancer cells need sugar ­– namely glucose — to fuel cell proliferation and growth. However, researchers have unlocked a weakness in a common type of cancer cell: sugar inflexibility. That is, when cancer cells are exposed to a different type of sugar – galactose – the cells can’t adapt, and will die.

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