Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Swapping sugars may improve cancer outcomes

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It’s one of the most dreaded conversations we all fear having with our doctors. “I’m sorry to say this, but you have cancer.” Practically everyone has a personal connection to someone with a cancer diagnosis, and are therefore all-too familiar with the unpleasant and sometimes unbearable side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. What if there was a better way to treat cancer? Or a way to lower the dose of chemo and radiation required? The secret may depend on how we metabolize sugar. A recent study showed that simply by changing the type of sugar fed to mice, from glucose to mannose, investigators could reduce cancer cell growth. (Mannose is a simple sugar — or monosaccharide — like glucose, but it is far less common in the body.) Furthermore, the study authors also showed the cancer cells become more susceptible to chemotherapy in the mannose-fed mice. Nature: Mannose impairs tumour growth and enhances chemotherapy Their success gives further backing to the...
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