A common ingredient in energy drinks could help fuel the growth of blood cancer cells, new research reveals. Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that taurine, a common ingredient in many energy drinks, can feed leukemia cells and make them grow faster. The discovery happened by chance when researchers were studying bone marrow at the university’s Wilmot Cancer Institute. They found that taurine, which our bodies naturally produce, helps fuel leukemia cells. These cancer cells can’t make their own taurine, so they import it from healthy bone marrow using a specific protein pathway. “Our finding that taurine can … Continue reading Energy Drink Ingredient Taurine Found to Help Blood Cancer Cells Grow