Fructose slows liver tumors in mice when key sugar-processing gene is missing, may lead to new treatments

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Fructose is an important nutrient that, despite having a chemical structure very similar to that of glucose, is metabolized very differently in the body. Research into fructose metabolism and its regulation of metabolism in the human body has in recent years become a frontier topic in the life sciences and medicine. A new study led by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has…

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