How Dietary Fructose Fuels Tumor Growth
How Dietary Fructose Fuels Tumor Growth
The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice.
The liver breaks down dietary fructose into lipids that are used by cancer cells to boost their growth in mice.
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