Restricting dietary amino acids found to improve survival in cancerous mice
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Removing two non-essential amino acids from the diet of mice slows tumour growth and significantly extends survival, according to research published in Nature
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(online, 19 April 2017).
The amino acids, serine and glycine, help to support cancer cell gr…