Transporter Could Help Breast Cancer Cells Commit Suicide (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Transporter Could Help Breast Cancer Cells Commit Suicide

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Medical College of Georgia researchers are trying to open a door for a killer that breast cancer cells shut out. Pyruvate is a metabolite in the blood that is lethal to rapidly-multiplying cells, like cancer, and transporters bring substances like pyruvate inside cells. Since breast cancer cells won’t allow pyruvate in, MCG researchers (L to R) Drs. Thangaraju Muthusamy and Vadivel Ganapathy looked to a healthy group of rapidly-dividing breast cells that do let in a similar killer.

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