tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post6107201759082336820..comments2024-03-29T03:15:36.192-04:00Comments on Bayblab: Fructose induces nucleic acid synthesis in pancreatic cancer cellsKamelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-42685073560405054152010-08-07T21:31:54.191-04:002010-08-07T21:31:54.191-04:00Just read the lengthy analysis. I don't think ...Just read the lengthy analysis. I don't think the article was worth so much analysis actually, and I think we have covered how bad press releases can be. I just thought it was interesting simply because it was unexpected and suggestive. With our depth of understanding of metabolism it seems like fructose metabolism would be an attractive target for thearpies and suggests some follow up in vivo studies. I didn't mean to strongly suggest that fructose causes cancer but it is certainly an area that needs to be more thoroughly investigated since we apparently don't understand cancer metabolism as well as at least I thought we did.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878582460269426199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-60785363745669625722010-08-05T12:49:49.618-04:002010-08-05T12:49:49.618-04:00Interesting. I haven't had a chance to look a...Interesting. I haven't had a chance to look at the actual paper but in the Reuters piece the author says "These findings show that cancer cells can readily metabolize fructose to increase proliferation", which is the opposite of what you say above and what Orac points out in his <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/08/fructose_and_pancreatic_cancer.php" rel="nofollow">lengthy analysis</a>. Is this just a case of an over-hyped press release?Kamelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.com