Cancer cells derive nutrition from:: (A) Anaerobic glycolysis, (B) Oxidative phosphorylation, (C) Increase in mitochondria, (D) Aerobic Glycolysis
Answer is D. Ans. D. Aerobic glycolysis(Ref: Harper 31/e page 695) (Harrison 19/e page 102 e-13)Many cancer cells use aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) to metabolize glucose leading to increased lactic acid production, where as normal cells use oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria under aerobic conditions, a much more efficient process.