Scientists Discover an Unexpected Food Source for Tumors Researchers discovered an antioxidant, glutathione, that cancer cells appear to devour as fuel, opening new pathways for investigation and a drug that can restrict the way tumors use this nutrient
2014;9:e82331 Geldenhuys W, Wehrung D, Groshev A, Hirani A, Sutariya V
Dairy products, milk, cheese, etc, contain lower levels, around 4%, primarily due to the lower content of SAA in casein
Glutathione assay is an indirect assay to determine redox state of cells
Their mechanisms of action include activating GLUT4 and inhibiting NF-B
Secondary antibodies coupled to a fluorescent protein (Life Technologies, 1/300e) were incubated for 2 hours the following day, and embryos were mounted in Vectashield-DAPI (Vectorlabs) to stain nuclei