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Cancer stem cells have an “energy addiction” scientists may be able to exploit

Cancer stem cells have an “energy addiction” scientists may be able to exploit

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**A Metabolic Weakness in Cancer Stem Cells** Stem cells are central to both normal blood production and blood cancers.

Researchers now plan to investigate drugs that target NAMPT in clinical studies involving people with MDS and related blood cancers.

A clinical trial tested whether boosting NAD+ using nicotinamide riboside could help.

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