Cystine RCC (IMAGE)

Duke University

Cystine RCC

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The majority of kidney cell carcinomas are missing the VHL tumor-suppressor gene. Duke researchers showed that these renal cancer cells remain healthy when all nutrients are present (left panel), but quickly swell up and die of necrosis when deprived of cystine (right panel).

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Chien-Kuang Ding, Duke University

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