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Nature (Science)
2026-06-22
Cancer cells adopt unprecedented strategies to produce a molecule that protects them from iron-dependent death
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The finding that spermine molecules in cells bind to iron to prevent it unleashing ferroptosis, a type of cell death, opens up strategies for treating tissue damage and cancer. The finding that spermine molecules in cells bind to iron to prevent it unleashing ferroptosis, a type of cell death, opens up strategies for treating tissue damage and cancer.