New research indicates that obese male mice and normal weight female mice produce female pups that are overweight at birth and in childhood. These female pups also have increased number of "terminal end buds" in their breast tissue at the site where cancer often develops in rodents. The findings, presented by a Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, come from one of the first animal studies to examine the impact ...Sunday 6 April 2014
Mice Study: Parental Obesity may Impact Cancer Risk in Offspring
New research indicates that obese male mice and normal weight female mice produce female pups that are overweight at birth and in childhood. These female pups also have increased number of "terminal end buds" in their breast tissue at the site where cancer often develops in rodents. The findings, presented by a Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, come from one of the first animal studies to examine the impact ...
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