Study of cancer cell metabolism yields new insights on leukemia

University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure: a subset of cells that drive the disease appear to have a much slower metabolism than most other tumors cells.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/uorm-soc011613.php