Utilizing the tumor's appetite for sugar

A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has decoded the factor that makes T cell lymphomas grow comparatively rapidly: A missing "emergency shut-off switch" results in the lymphomas processing particularly large amounts of sugar and triggers other processes as well. Medications for other types of cancer can stop this process, causing the tumor cells to die off. The process is to be verified in clinical studies in the near future.

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