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Glucose, Growth and Stress

Glucose, Growth and Stress

For the first time Ramon Spectroscopy is allowing scientists to see inside cells and quantify exactly where energy is being used. This revolutionary technique is revealing exactly how glucose is fueling cancer growth in multiple ways.

Cancer Initiation

Cancer Initiation

A remarkable new study published in the British Journal of Cancer has shown that excess glucose in the blood (known as hyperglycemia) reprograms cellular energy pathways, and changes their genetic regulation. Scientists were able to clearly demonstrate how cancerous cells are enabled by elevated glucose levels, allowing them to spread round the body and grow into more dangerous types of tumor.

Metabolic Reprogramming

Metabolic Reprogramming

A remarkable new study published in the British Journal of Cancer has shown that excess glucose in the blood (known as hyperglycemia) reprograms cellular energy pathways, and changes their genetic regulation. Scientists were able to clearly demonstrate how cancerous cells are enabled by elevated glucose levels, allowing them to spread round the body and grow into more dangerous types of tumor.

The Warburg Effect: Diet and Cancer (the latest evidence)

The Warburg Effect: Diet and Cancer (the latest evidence)

In 1931 Otto Warburg won a Nobel Prize for his research into tumours, and cancer cells. He discovered that healthy cells and cancer cells ‘breathe and eat’ (metabolise) very differently. Ever since his ground-breaking discovery over 90 years ago, scientists have been researching these critical metabolic differences. Thousands of scientific papers have been published to understand why, and how, cancer cells rewire their metabolism.