Much of the research on new cancer treatments in the last two decades has focused on genetic targets that allow cancers to grow and spread by altering cell signaling or shutting off tumor suppressors. There is a growing body of evidence that unique features of cancer cell metabolism, though, could provide new opportunities for developing treatments that impact tumors in a direct way while leaving healthy cells relatively untouched.

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