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• Experimental Metabolic Therapy Successfully Starves Aggressive Pediatric Brain Cancer Cells in New Johns Hopkins Study

  Published: May 1, 2026

  Section: Diseases & Conditions

  Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified a promising strategy to combat group 3 medulloblastoma by blocking the energy production pathways that fuel tumor...

• CNIO researchers solve 30-year mystery of oncogenic protein that "refuels" on cellular waste to drive lung and thyroid cancers

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Research

  A team at Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre has discovered that the CCDC6-RET fusion protein possesses a unique ability to activate using both ATP and its waste product, ADP....

• ALDH2 Enzyme Identified as Metabolic Achilles’ Heel for APC-Deficient Colorectal Cancer Cells

  Published: Apr 21, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A new study published in Genes & Diseases reveals that colorectal cancer cells lacking the APC tumor suppressor gene are selectively dependent on the enzyme ALDH2 for survival. Res...

• Stanford Medicine Engineers Immune Cells with Metabolite Sensors to Track and Eradicate Aggressive Solid Tumors

  Published: Mar 25, 2026

  Section: Health

  Researchers at Stanford Medicine have developed a novel immunotherapy that equips natural killer and T cells with receptors to detect metabolic byproducts released by solid tumors....

• OHSU Researchers Engineer SU212 Molecule to Disrupt Enzyme Pathways in Aggressive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  Published: Mar 11, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a novel compound, SU212, designed to target the ENO1 enzyme relied upon by aggressive breast cancer cells. In humani...