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HEALTHApr 20 · 11:14 UTCSCIENCE DAILY

This missing vitamin could stop cancer cells in their tracks

Cancer cells rely on glutamine but can switch fuels using vitamin B7 (biotin), which acts as a metabolic 'license' via a key enzyme. Without biotin, cancer cells lose this metabolic flexibility and stop growing. Mutations in a cancer-linked gene amplify this vulnerability, offering a potential new therapeutic target.

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