BACKGROUND: Fasting is an alternative method to induceanorexia. OBJECTIVES: The biochemical factors of liver andserum and clinical signs were measured and documented in fivenon-lactating, non-pregnant cows following eight days of fasting.METHODS:Five crossbred, non-lactating, and non-pregnantcattle were used in this study. They were fasted for 8 days_ totalfood deprivation; however, they had fr...

Deregulated glucose metabolism is observed in cancer but whether this metabolic trait influences response to or is modulated by cytotoxic drugs is unknown. We show here that tumor cells from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients can be categorized, according to their in vitro viability under glucose starvation, into glucose deprivation-sensitive (glucose-addicted, GA) and glucose deprivation...