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Researchers find new way to ‘Starve’ Prostate Cancer Tumors at the Cellular Level

Kirk Staschke and Noah Sommers at the microscope
Kirk Staschke and Noah Sommers, a PhD student at the IU School of Medicine, at the microscope. | Photo courtesy of Kirk Staschke

New research by a team of Indiana University School of Medicine scientists and their collaborators has uncovered a novel vulnerability in prostate cancer animal models that starves prostate tumors of critical nutrients and stunts their growth, which could lead to the development of new treatments for the deadly disease.

Led by IU School of Medicine’s Kirk Staschke, Ph.D., assistant research professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Ronald C. Wek, Ph.D., Showalter Professor of Biochemistry, the study was recently published in Science Signaling.

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths in American men...

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