High-fat diets can cause normal liver tissue to behave like tumoral tissue
Normal, non-cancerous liver tissue can act as tumoral tissue when exposed to a high-fat diet, which links diet and obesity to the development of liver cancer. The Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation led by Professor Sarah-Maria Fendt (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology), shows how the livers of mice fed a high-fat…