Overfeeding cancer to stunt its growth A new alternative approach to antibody-drug conjugates takes advantage of cancer cells’ need for fuel — first by encouraging them to overdose on glucose and then by blocking its backup source of fat. Written byAllison Whitten, PhD

Overfeeding cancer to stunt its growth A new alternative approach to antibody-drug conjugates takes advantage of cancer cells’ need for fuel — first by encouraging them to overdose on glucose and then by blocking its backup source of fat. Written byAllison Whitten, PhD https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/overfeeding-cancer-to-stunt-its-growth-17413 It’s long been known that cancer cells have a preferred source of fuel: glucose. They gobble it up to produce energy rapidly in a metabolic process known as the Warburg effect. It’s for that reason that many cancer researchers have tried to slow down cancer by starving it of its glucose supply.