Briana Turner
@bri-turner.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | Keshari Lab @ MSKCC | Cancer Metabolism | ASH HIP Inclusion Fellow 2024 | IMSD Fellow
Reposted by Briana Turner
Research led by Dr. Kayvan Keshari, a biochemist and bioengineer at MSK, found that immune cells might be reprogrammed to use the body’s #fructose — a naturally occurring sugar — as an energy source that supercharges them to fight #cancer.
Retooled Immune Cells Use Fructose to Turbocharge Themselves Against Cancer
Learn how engineering immune cells to metabolize fructose could supercharge them to fight cancer.
www.mskcc.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM