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Bi-categorical tomato + Smell receptor fuels prostate cancer progression

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Here's Why a Tomato Is Actually Both a Fruit And Vegetable
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-...-vegetable

EXCERPT: . . . while your elementary-school teacher or know-it-all friend may have informed you that tomatoes are technically fruits, the answer isn't so clear-cut. In reality, tomatoes are both fruits and vegetables at the same time. The explanation lies in the two different ways that "fruit" is defined [...and the murkier definition of vegetables...]

MORE: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-...-vegetable



Smell receptor fuels prostate cancer progression
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/...052918.php

EXCERPT: When scientists first described the receptors responsible for our sense of smell, they naturally assumed that these chemical sensors resided exclusively in the lining of our noses.

But then olfactory receptors started turning up in the strangest places -- the lungs, liver, skin, heart, testes and intestines. Nearly a quarter of a century later, researchers are still wondering what these receptors are doing in such disparate locations.

Duke researchers have shown in new research that one olfactory receptor plays a critical role in the progression of prostate cancer. They found that activating an olfactory receptor called OR51E2 in prostate cancer cells caused the cancer to morph into the more aggressive, 'castration-resistant' form of the disease.

The finding suggests that taking the opposite approach -- blocking the receptor with specific molecules, or perhaps even with specific scents -- could provide a new way to treat prostate cancer....

MORE: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/...052918.php
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