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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Copper and Cancer

Starving the beast
11/24/2015
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cancer cells and copper
As any good Star Trek fan knows, Mr. Spock was a "green-blooded Vulcan" because his hemoglobin was copper-based, unlike our iron-based human cells. But even humans have a little bit of copper in their blood.
Now, a new paper based on research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) explores the role copper can play in feeding -- or starving -- cancer.
For the past 20-30 years, researchers have known tumor cells need nutrients to grow, and copper was a favorite. But ...
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=137015&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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