Fat sucked out of the body and tweaked with the gene-editing tool CRISPR could be used to treat cancer, a study of mice and transplanted human tissues hints. However, it remains to be seen whether the ...

New research from MIT and Harvard reveals that eating too many processed, high-fat foods may reprogram liver cells for cancer ...

Therapies that target the utilization of fat by tumors and activate a type of cell death dependent on fat molecules may be a ...

Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests a reason: Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat ...

In a groundbreaking study, a healthy fatty acid in olive oil and nuts has been found to "supercharge" immune cells specialized to fight cancer. Meanwhile, another kind of natural fatty acid undermines ...

Obesity can give rise to a variety of health concerns. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) - a type of fatty liver disease that might progress to cancer - is particularly prevalent among obese people.

Thomas Kraut was told he was just fat until doctors discovered a massive tumor in his belly. Doctors were convinced that a Norwegian man was simply fat for 12 years — but his growing belly was ...

Genetically modified fat can be transplanted into mice to shrink mouse and transplanted human tumors, but this novel cancer therapy still needs to be tested in human trials. When you purchase through ...