Dietary Microbes Modulate Transgenerational Cancer Risk

Environmental factors are suspected in the increase of obesity and cancer in industrialized countries but are poorly understood. Here, we used animal models to test how future generations may be affected by Westernized diets. We discover long-term consequences of grandmothers' in utero dietary...

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Main Authors: Chatzigiagkos, A. (Author), Kearney, Sean M (Contributor), Alm, Eric J (Contributor), Poutahidis, Theofilos (Contributor), Varian, Bernard (Contributor), Urman, Tatiana (Contributor), Lakritz, Jessica (Contributor), Mirabal, Sheyla (Contributor), Kwok, Caitlin (Contributor), Ibrahim, Yassin M (Contributor), Erdman, Susan E (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for Cancer Research, 2017-05-24T19:59:44Z.
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