CityUHK researchers reveal how fructose can suppress liver cancer, opening a new therapeutic avenue

CityUHK researchers reveal how fructose can suppress liver cancer, opening a new therapeutic avenue

Oct 26, 2026

Hong Kong, October 26: Fructose is an important nutrient, which despite having a chemical structure very similar to that of glucose, is metabolised very differently in the body. Research into fructose metabolism and its regulation of metabolism in the human body has in recent years become a frontier topic in the life sciences and medicine. A new study led by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has found that in the specific metabolic context of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), dietary fructose does not fuel tumour growth. Instead, it can suppress it, revealing a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism.