When cancer needs what's non-essential

Nature Cell Biology 19, 418 (2017).
doi:10.1038/ncb3523

Authors: Mark R. Sullivan & Matthew G. Vander Heiden
The non-essential amino acids serine and glycine are critical for proliferative metabolism. A study in Nature now finds that dietary serine and glycine deprivation inhibits growth of some tumours. Whether this dietary intervention is effective depends on both the oncogenic context and tumour tissue of origin.

Source: Nature Cell Biology - April 19, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Mark R. Sullivan Matthew G. Vander Heiden Tags: News and Views Source Type: research