New research implicates antioxidants as a driver for the spread of lung cancer by activating a specific protein in the body.

Lung cancer cells use antioxidants, endogenous or dietary, to spread in the body by activating a protein called BACH1 and increasing the uptake and use of sugar, Swedish and American researchers report in two independent studies.

The studies, which are published in the eminent scientific journal Cell, pave the way for new therapeutic strategies for lung cancer.

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