Cancer cells derive nutrition from:
Correct Answer: Aerobic Glycolysis
Description: Ans. D. Aerobic glycolysis(Ref: Harper 31/e page 695) (Harrison 19/e page 102 e-13)Many cancer cells use aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) to metabolize glucose leading to increased lactic acid production, where as normal cells use oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria under aerobic conditions, a much more efficient process.
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