'We found that removing these amino acids makes our drugs a lot more effective at inducing ferroptosis in cancer cells.'
Glioblastoma is the most common type of adult brain cancer. It is found to be one of the most aggressive types of tumors, and there is no cure for this potentially life-threatening disease.
This is where ferroptosis enters the picture in cancer treatment. “The recent discovery of ferroptosis adds to the excitement of it all. It is really a rapidly growing body of research, and we are finding that it’s a very important for a lot of biological processes, and not just in cancers,” said Dominique Higgins, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at UNC.
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