Breast cancer’s ‘sweet tooth’ could hold key to treatment

Breast cancer’s “sweet tooth” could hold the key to improving the effectiveness of drugs used to treat the disease.

Breast cancer’s ‘sweet tooth’ could hold key to treatment

Claire Fergus from the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin is investigating why cancer cells consume so much sugar.

Previous studies showed that cancer cells consume large volumes of sugar, grow rapidly, and become increasingly resistant to medication.

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