Rice University Researchers (IMAGE) Rice University Caption Rice University researchers found that some cancer cells get as much as 60 percent of their fuel from eating exosomes, tiny communications packets emitted by neighboring cells. The team includes (from left) Lifeng Yang, Deepak Nagrath, Joelle Baddour, Abhinav Achreja and Hongyun Zhao. Credit Tommy LaVergne/Rice University Usage Restrictions Must credit: "Tommy LaVergne/Rice University" License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.