Princeton Cancer Researchers Find That Tumors' Metabolism Is Slower Than Suspected
February 07, 2023
February 07, 2023
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- Princeton University issued the following news:
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Scientists have never known precisely how much energy a cancerous tumor expends growing in the mammalian body.
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They hypothesized that it consumes a great deal of energy, churning through nutrients and putting healthy tissue -- the heart, the liver, the pancreas -- at a disadvantage as the metabolic system spreads the nutritive wealth.
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Scientists have never known precisely how much energy a cancerous tumor expends growing in the mammalian body.
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They hypothesized that it consumes a great deal of energy, churning through nutrients and putting healthy tissue -- the heart, the liver, the pancreas -- at a disadvantage as the metabolic system spreads the nutritive wealth.