Liver Cancer Gets a Gut Check: Obesity Promotes Liver Cancer Development Through the Gut Microbiome

Find out how scientists have discovered that obesity promotes liver cancer development by acting through the gut microbiome

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New research is bridging the fields of gut microbiome, cancer, and obesity.

Scientists have discovered that obesity promotes liver cancer development by acting through the gut microbiome.

Find out how by watching the video.

Original Article: Yoshimoto et al. Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer through senescence secretome. Nature 499, 97-101 (2013).