The journal at a glance: Q4 highlights from our Editor in Chief

Here, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Itano (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) shares her final journal highlights of the year, explaining the significance and key findings of three articles published between October and December. Standardizing caloric restriction for preclinical cancer research Cancer treatment often doesn’t consider a patient’s metabolic function, which can have a significant effect on treatment response. Although caloric restriction has shown potential to improve treatment response via metabolic pathways, there is a translational gap caused by the lack of standardized caloric restriction protocols in preclinical cancer studies. Previous studies have implemented caloric reductions ranging from 25–40% below...