Could a Special Diet Replace Chemotherapy?

• Autores: Karen Weintraub
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 316, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 14-14
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the potential role that restricting the amino acid valine from the diet of blood cancer patients, prior to a bone marrow transplant, could play in treating blood cancer, instead of using chemotherapy. The article references a study led by the scientist Hiromitsu Nakauchi in the journal "Nature." The role that valine plays in blood stem cells is discussed.