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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "the Warburg phenomenon" refer to ...?
Does "the Warburg phenomenon" refer to "the phenomenon that his concept has become widely accepted yet actually it is now not seen as the cause of cancer"?
If so, how could it be used to develop anticancer drugs?
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The concept that cancer cells switch to fermentation in lieu of aerobic respiration has become widely accepted, even if it is not seen as the cause of cancer. Some suggest the Warburg phenomenon could be used to develop anticancer drugs.[12] Meanwhile, cancer cell glycolysis is the basis of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography (18-FDG PET), a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_imaging technology that relies on this phenomenon.[12][13]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Heinrich_Warburg
If so, how could it be used to develop anticancer drugs?
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Warburg continued to develop the hypothesis experimentally, and held several prominent lectures outlining the theory and the data.[11]
Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warburg_hypothesis is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.
—Otto H. Warburg, [10]
The concept that cancer cells switch to fermentation in lieu of aerobic respiration has become widely accepted, even if it is not seen as the cause of cancer. Some suggest the Warburg phenomenon could be used to develop anticancer drugs.[12] Meanwhile, cancer cell glycolysis is the basis of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission_tomography (18-FDG PET), a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_imaging technology that relies on this phenomenon.[12][13]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Heinrich_Warburg
Top answer
The Warburg phenomenon is that cancer cells switch to fermentation in lieu of aerobic respiration. Clive
- The Warburg phenomenon is that cancer cells switch to fermentation in lieu of aerobic respiration.
- Clive
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The Warburg phenomenon is that cancer cells switch to fermentation in lieu of aerobic respiration.
Clive
Clive
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But it also says "even if it is not seen as the cause of cancer"... I don't understand the logic.
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Here's how I see it.
It's something that happens during the process of cancer, and this knowledge can be used to fight cancer.
Clive
It's something that happens during the process of cancer, and this knowledge can be used to fight cancer.
Clive
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