
Connecting Sugar and Cancer: Does One Feed the Other?
A U-M cancer metabolism expert says scientists are making real headway in understanding the link between dietary sugar and cancer development.
August 03, 2016 2:00 PM
Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medical School with appointments in the departments of physiology and medicine. His lab studies the biochemical pathways and metabolic requirements that enable tumor survival and growth and, in particular, how this information can be used to design targeted cancer therapies.
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A U-M cancer metabolism expert says scientists are making real headway in understanding the link between dietary sugar and cancer development.
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