that's cool. well, not cool, but cool. you know what i mean.

/farking cancer
//i'm against it...

Therefore fat people must get less cancer!

schief2: All things being Equal, cancer cells feed on sugar-free diet

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*pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

Relax, they still sell Diet Coke with Splenda.

Darth_Lukecash: Jamdug!: serpent_sky: Unfortunately, it seems that cancer does whatever the fark it wants.

It runs with gangs.

Cancer makes prank phone calls.

Stays up ALL NIGHT

I am completely certain this article is too advanced for fark. The title is a lame joke, not a finding based on the human diet.

schief2: *pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

this has absolutely nothing to do with sugar free drinks. RTFA.

schief2: *pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

this has absolutely nothing to do with sugar free drinks. RTFA.

I just RTFA and have no idea of what it said. A translation for those of us without biology degrees would be Splenda.

NotARocketScientist: schief2: *pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

this has absolutely nothing to do with sugar free drinks. RTFA.

I just RTFA and have no idea of what it said. A translation for those of us without biology degrees would be Splenda.

From the look of it, cancer cells can continue to replicate in low oxygen environments (like inside tumours) by utilising glutamine instead of glucose.

It is basically a 'proof of concept' idea that perhaps glutamine inhibitors can be used to aid in combating cancer.

As above, it has nothing to do with sugar, sugar-free drinks or even a sugar-free diet.

\would be Splenda I see what you did there :)

NotARocketScientist: schief2: *pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

this has absolutely nothing to do with sugar free drinks. RTFA.

I just RTFA and have no idea of what it said. A translation for those of us without biology degrees would be Splenda.

Tumors are super-fast growing so they eat up glucose from your bloodstream, and they hog a lot of your blood vessels, so it's thought that they primarily rely on the energy in glucose to proliferate uncontrollably. Thus the thought follows that you can starve your cancer (limit its growth) by reducing / eliminating sugar (glucose) intake, or by using a drug to block tumors from taking up sugars.

However, cells (cancerous and non cancerous) have lots of ways of making food. Turns out that in the absence of sugar, tumors can also make food from amino acids (glutamine, specifically) and grow just fine. Thus, tumors (or cancer cells) can persist even when nutrient and oxygen deprived.

So all in all, bummer. Stupid cancer. Grows like a weed.

Having never experienced (and having no wish to) this so-called "sugar-free diet," this affects me not at all.

All hail sugar, second only to butter.

Emposter: Having never experienced (and having no wish to) this so-called "sugar-free diet," this affects me not at all.

All hail sugar, second only to butter.

Also you not being a cancer cell helps

The Pro Cancer Foundation* recommends drinking plenty of Diet Fresca.
Also, smoking, eschewing sunscreen and getting xrays just for fun.

Gooooo cancer!



*The Pro Cancer Foundation is an equal opportunity offender.

serpent_sky: Unfortunately, it seems that cancer does whatever the fark it wants.

It's a numbers game; what I refer to as a "backwards lottery". You know how one person might spend his life savings on lottery tickets and win nothing, while another might win the jackpot on the first try? Same thing in reverse; some people can go out of their way to avoid cancer and get it anyway; others can take all the risks and live to 90. At this point, most idiots think "pff, scientists don't know anything" and live impulsively.

The thing to keep in mind is that the odds eventually become statistics. A 90% chance is NOT a sure thing, but only the retard thinks 90% and 10% are the same.

pivazena: NotARocketScientist: schief2: *pushes away can of Diet Coke, eyes it suspiciously*

this has absolutely nothing to do with sugar free drinks. RTFA.

I just RTFA and have no idea of what it said. A translation for those of us without biology degrees would be Splenda.

Tumors are super-fast growing so they eat up glucose from your bloodstream, and they hog a lot of your blood vessels, so it's thought that they primarily rely on the energy in glucose to proliferate uncontrollably. Thus the thought follows that you can starve your cancer (limit its growth) by reducing / eliminating sugar (glucose) intake, or by using a drug to block tumors from taking up sugars.

However, cells (cancerous and non cancerous) have lots of ways of making food. Turns out that in the absence of sugar, tumors can also make food from amino acids (glutamine, specifically) and grow just fine. Thus, tumors (or cancer cells) can persist even when nutrient and oxygen deprived.

So all in all, bummer. Stupid cancer. Grows like a weed.

Came here to say this. Not an earth-shattering finding, but, as the article concludes, there should be lots of slots open to take part in phase I anti-glutaminase drug trials. Of course, if a tumor is using glutamininase because it is virtually cut off from the bloodstream, the usual methods of drug delivery won't be any more effective than they are currently.

serpent_sky: Unfortunately, it seems that cancer does whatever the fark it wants.

Honey Cancer don't give a shiat!

Wow, the headline (both FARK and TFA) are *very* misleading and don't at all reflect what was in the actual article. :-\

Galvatron Zero: Wow, the headline (both FARK and TFA) are *very* misleading and don't at all reflect what was in the actual article. :-\

This.

So cancer cells feed in sugar-rich diets and sugar-free diets...

uhm.... ok.

reillan: So cancer cells feed in sugar-rich diets and sugar-free diets...

uhm.... ok.

NO

toetag: serpent_sky: Unfortunately, it seems that cancer does whatever the fark it wants.

Honey Cancer don't give a shiat!