Obesity and Diabetes
Research from University of Toyama, Institute of Natural Medicine provides new data on obesity and diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 18th, 2006
Research findings, "Severe pulmonary metastasis in obese and diabetic mice," are discussed in a new report. "Although obesity is known as a risk factor for several human cancers, the association of obesity with cancer recurrence and metastasis remains to be characterized. Here, B16-BL6 melanoma and Lewis lung carcinoma cells were intravenously injected into diabetic (db/db) and obese (ob/ob) mice," scientists in Toyama, Japan report.
"The number of experimental lung colonies was markedly promoted in these mice when compared with C57BL/6 mice. In contrast, tumor growth at the implanted site was comparable when cells were inoculated orthotopically. The use of B16-BL6...
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