Neutrons seek to stop cancer from hijacking a metabolic highway (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons seek to stop cancer from hijacking a metabolic highway

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Neutron experiments helped reveal the one-carbon enzymatic mechanism that synthesizes vital food sources for cancer cells that depend on vitamin B6, providing key insights into designing novel drugs to slow the spread of aggressive cancers.

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Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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