The fastest growing cancer cells gorge themselves on a particular nutrient called glycine, a team of Boston-area scientists reported, providing a possible new lead in efforts to develop therapies that can stop a tumor’s rapacious growth. Vamsi Mootha, HMS professor of systems biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, led the team. Lewis Cantley, the William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is also quoted.
