Cancer Cells (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Cancer Cells

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Some cancer cells cannot produce cholesterol, and instead build up an excess of squalene (pink)--a molecule that may help these dangerous cells thrive.

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Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics/The Rockefeller University

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