Strategy to combat breast cancer involves two-pronged attack on enzyme that ‘feeds’ tumor (IMAGE)

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Strategy to combat breast cancer involves two-pronged attack on enzyme that ‘feeds’ tumor

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Schematic illustration showing how glutamine and glucose produce energy in mitochondria. The enzyme glutaminase is involved in both the energy cycle and the production of basic cell components (proteins, nucleic acids and lipids). In cancer cells, glucose processing is dysregulated, as is glutamine processing in many cases 

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illustration: CNPEM

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