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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists identify measurable cellular changes that flag higher cancer risk more than a decade before tumors appear. In A Nutshell Liver cells under chronic dietary stress essentially “forget” their ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 70-year-old white male. Approximately four years ago, I developed a "fatty tumor" in my upper right chest area, which was surgically removed in January 2003. These fatty tumors ...