Gut Microbes Spur Liver Cancer in Obese Mice

Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

The gut bacteria of obese mice unleash high levels of an acid that promotes liver cancer, reveals one of the first studies to uncover a mechanism for the link between obesity and cancer. The research is published today in Nature . [More]

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