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Copycat nutrient leaves pancreatic tumors starving, may inform cancer treatment (medicalxpress.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Pancreatic cancer needs glutamine to spread.

Traditional medicine isndesigned to prevent glutamine from getting to the cancer.

Molecule call DON looks like glutamine but cant be consumed for food is used to trick the cancer.