Liver cancer: Lipid synthesis promotes tumor formation
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

Lipids comprise an optimal energy source and an important cell component. Researchers from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and from the University of Geneva have now discovered that the protein mTOR stimulates the production of lipids in liver tumors to satisfy the increased nutrient turnover and energy needs of cancer cells, among other functions. This process has also been observed in patients with liver cancer as the scientists report in Cancer Cell.