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Trimming the Fat in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer (1 of 2)

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Trimming the Fat in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer (1 of 2)

image: Silencing the expression of the Cd36 protein (shCD36) reduced cell migration and impaired aggressiveness in PC3 prostate cancer cells. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 06, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.J. Watt at University of Melbourne in Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and colleagues was titled, "Suppressing fatty acid uptake has therapeutic effects in preclinical models of prostate cancer." view more 

Credit: M.J. Watt <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2018)


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