Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Kimmel Cancer Center study shows how aging normal cells fuel tumor growth and metastasis

NCI Cancer Center News

It has long been known that cancer is a disease of aging, but a molecular link between the two has remained elusive. Now, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson (KCC) have shown that senescence (aging cells which lose their ability to divide) and autophagy (self-eating or self-cannibalism) in the surrounding normal cells of a tumor are essentially two sides of the same coin, acting as ?food? to fuel cancer cell growth and metastasis... Simply put, aging is the metabolic engine that drives cancer growth.

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