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Growth in the fat lane

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Analysis of endothelial cells, which are involved in blood-vessel formation, unexpectedly reveals that proliferation in this cell type depends on fatty-acid oxidation to support DNA synthesis. See Article p.192

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Figure 1: Metabolic pathways in blood-vessel formation.

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