Tumor Comparison (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Tumor Comparison

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Image shows squamous cell skin cancer tumors with lactate production (a byproduct of glucose consumption) in purple. The tumor with lactate production blocked (left) grew at the same rate as the tumor with normal lactate production (right).

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UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Nature Communications

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