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GROUND-BREAKING EVIDENCE THAT CANCER SPREAD IS INCREASED BY A HIGH FAT DIET AS RESEARCHERS DISCOVER NEW CANCER-SPREADING PROTEIN

Anne LI                             1/15/17

 

A study partly funded by UK charity Worldwide Cancer Research and headed by Professor Salvador Aznar Benitah, at the Institute for Research in Barcelona (IRB) have identified for the first time a specific protein called CD36 on cancer cells which have the ability to metastasize (spread). CD36, found in the cell membranes of tumour cells, is responsible for taking up fatty acids.  This unique CD36 activity and dependence on fatty acids distinguishes metastasis-initiating cells from other tumour cells. The work was published today in the leading scientific journal Nature.

 

See original article at: https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/news/ground-breaking-evidence-cancer-spread-increased-high-fat-diet-researchers-discover-new-cancer-spreading-protein/

 

 

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