ALB and cancer: Our studies showed that, irrespective of the presence of hESCs, albumin-associated lipids (albuMAX®), and specifically poly- and monounsaturated fatty acids (linoleic, oleic, petroselinic and palmitoleic acids) accounted for the transdifferentiation of several distinct human cancer cell lines (HCCLs) into adipocyte-like cells (Ruiz-Vela et al.[2011]).