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Re:Antibiotics targeting mitochondria kill cancer stem cells... by im3w1l on Monday February 09, 2015 @12:24AM (#9019814)
There was an article some time ago about fasting to boost the efficacy of chemo, by causing selective uptake in cancer cells.

I guess that should be relevant in this case to, since I guess the fasting should decrease the activity of mitochondria in normal cells but not in cancer cells.

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Re:Antibiotics targeting mitochondria kill cancer stem cells... by sjcsjc on Monday February 09, 2015 @02:33AM (#9020071)
Is this is the article you're referring to?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8856043

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Re:Antibiotics targeting mitochondria kill cancer stem cells... by im3w1l on Monday February 09, 2015 @10:41PM (#9025266)
Yeah
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