A sugar hit to help destroy cancer cells

ScienceDaily
Jun 17, 2020, 10:04 am90 pts
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…

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