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 ...

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 ...

Princeton researchers have revealed new links between high-fat diets and aggressive breast cancer, demonstrating the important role fat plays in making some cancers more invasive.

An experimental drug targeting triple-negative breast cancer overwhelms cancer cells with toxic fats, according to new tests ...

Does sugar directly feed cancers, boosting their growth? The answer seems to be ‘Yes’ at least in mice according to a study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Cancers often release molecules into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, shifting it to an inflammatory state, causing fat buildup and impairing its normal detoxifying functions, ...

New genetic map of the human liver reveals why certain areas are more susceptible to fatty liver disease while others are ...

The monoclonal antibody Herceptin dras­tically improves prog­nosis for patients with HER2+ breast cancer. But if the primary tumor metasta­sizes to the brain, it often fails to respond to treatments.

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 ...