While people who eat a lot of red meat are known to be at higher risk for certain cancers, other carnivores are not, prompting researchers at the University of California to investigate the possible tumour-forming role of a sugar called Neu5Gc, which is naturally found in most mammals but not in humans. The scientists found that feeding Neu5Gc to mice engineered to be deficient in … Continue reading Sugar molecule links red meat consumption and elevated cancer risk in animal model.