so they rely on a taurine transporter (encoded by the SLC6A6 gene) to grab taurine from the bone marrow environment and deliver it to the cancer cells. Read the full story here.

Fanta Media – stock.adobe.com The new study investigated mice with the SLC6A6 gene, which is responsible for taurine transportation throughout the body. Researchers also transplanted samples of ...

In addition, it was found that leukemia cells use the taurine transporter (SLC6A6) to deplete taurine from the bone marrow and promote their own glucose breakdown (glycolysis), which is reported ...

The new study looked at mice with a SLC6A6 gene, which transports taurine from different areas of the body. They also took samples of human leukemia cells and transplanted them into the mice.

This is not the same as causing cancer. In the study, mice with the SLC6A6 gene, a gene which moves taurine around the body, were given human leukaemia cells. The study discovered that healthy ...

(Getty) The study looked at mice with a special gene called SLC6A6, which helps move taurine around the body. Scientists also gave these mice human leukemia cells to see how they would react.