Starving leukemia to induce differentiation.

Cheng, Chia-Wei; Yilmaz, Ömer H · Nat Med · 2017

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

A new study shows that fasting induces the differentiation and elimination of some types of leukemia, which implicates fasting or its mimetics as a novel strategy for the treatment of leukemia.

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