Cancer tumors can become biologically addicted to a specific antioxidant molecule
Malignant tumors often develop a metabolic dependency on glutathione, an antioxidant normally used by healthy cells for protection, creating a unique vulnerability that researchers can exploit to starve cancer.
Cancer cells frequently undergo a metabolic shift that leaves them biologically 'addicted' to glutathione, a critical antioxidant molecule that neutralizes oxidative stress. While healthy cells maintain the flexibility to synthesize their own glutathione or adapt to its absence, many tumors become trapped in a state of dependency, either hijacking production pathways or aggressively consuming external supplies to survive their own rapid growth.
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