A new study published in Science Translational Medicine suggests that fasting may help refine the action of chemotherapy on cancer cells and make it more effective, reports Scientific American's Katherine Harmon. The researchers found that mice given water but no food for two days prior to chemotherapy experienced more tumor shrinkage than mice who were allowed to eat.
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