Experimental Treatment Uses Engineered Fat Cells to “Starve” Tumors - Cancer Currents Blog National Cancer Institute sent this bulletin at 03/27/2025 10:45 AM EDT View as a webpage March 27, 2025 Experimental Treatment Uses Engineered Fat Cells to “Starve” Tumors Researchers have developed a form of cancer treatment that uses fat cells engineered to aggressively consume nutrients like glucose. When implanted in mice, the engineered cells appeared to outcompete tumors for nutrients, shrinking tumors. Read the Story