Sacrifice for survival

Nana-Maria Grüning () and Markus Ralser ()
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Nana-Maria Grüning: Nana-Maria Grüning and Markus Ralser are at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.
Markus Ralser: Nana-Maria Grüning and Markus Ralser are at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 14195 Berlin, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.

Nature, 2011, vol. 480, issue 7376, 190-191

Abstract: Cancer cells ignore oxygen availability, opting for less efficient, anaerobic ways of generating energy. The wisdom behind this choice seems to be in preventing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, and so oxidative damage.

Date: 2011
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