http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0827141340.htm
excerpt:
This work may also shed new light on cancer. "Cancer cells, when starved, are very susceptible to cell death. However,
cancer stem cells, or progenitor cells, often thrive and flourish during starvation in cell-culture experiments. When nutrition is restored, these cells can trigger rapid regrowth. Consequently, understanding how germline stem cells in
C. elegans survive starvation may help appreciate how cancers survive treatments aimed at starving tumors," he said.
(maybe related to some responses to anti-angiogenisis drugs when stopped?)
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