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Media from: Turning on key enzyme blocks tumor formation

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Biologists found that boosting the activity of pyruvate kinase, the enzyme seen here, can prevent tumors from growing.
Image: Dimitris Anastasiou, Will Israelsen and Andrea Howell
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