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Anne Li                                                                                                 April 23rd, 2017

Cutting out certain amino acids – the building blocks of proteins – from the diet of mice slows tumour growth and prolongs survival, according to new research published in Nature. Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute and the University of Glasgow found that removing two non-essential amino acids – serine and glycine – from the diet of mice slowed the development of lymphoma and intestinal cancer. The researchers also found that the special diet made some cancer cells more susceptible to chemicals in cells called reactive oxygen species.

See original article at: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2017-04-19-amino-acids-in-diet-could-be-key-to-starving-cancer