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by klipt 398 days ago
But does it show taurine is specifically worse than other amino acids?

Otherwise it's just showing that cancer can feed on protein which is ... unsurprising?

Might as well say "tofu causes cancer" or "meat causes cancer" or "milk causes cancer"

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The inverse of this study, in which a nutrient that helps cells grow, including cancer cells, is the cause of cancer is that every substance they find that kills cells, but is slightly more likely to kill cancer cells than regular cells is suddenly the cure for cancer.
"Aiding protein synthesis causes cancer"