Nutrition competition between cells is a phenomenon that commonly exists within organisms and has significant impacts on tissue homeostasis, biological development, and disease progression.2 The transcription factor MYC has the ability to confer a “winner” state to cells in the competition during development3 and cancer malignancy.4 MYC is frequently amplified in malignant cancers, conferring them a super-competitor status in a nutrient competition. This evidence concerns the gene MYC and cancer.