Why Cancer Spreads: Scientists Uncover a New Clue Inside the Cell’s Power Plant

Rockefeller researchers have discovered that the antioxidant glutathione, acting within mitochondria, plays a crucial role in allowing breast tumors to spread to the lung. Mitochondria are best known as the cell’s powerhouse, but growing evidence indicates they also play a central role in driving cancer. New research has identified the mitochondrial metabolite glutathione as a [...]