Cancer cells eat their neighbors' 'words': Cancer cells capable of using information packets as energy source

Cancer cells eat their neighbors' 'words': Cancer cells capable of using information packets as energy source: Cancer cells are well-known as voracious energy consumers, but even a veteran cancer-metabolism researcher was surprised by their latest exploit: Experiments in his lab show that some cancer cells get 30-60 percent of their fuel from eating their neighbors' 'words.'