Obesity and Cancer Immunotherapy (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University Press

Obesity and Cancer Immunotherapy

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New research suggests that the accumulation of fat in older mice, as displayed here, is responsible for their increased susceptibility to deadly inflammation in response to anti-cancer immunotherapy.

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Mirsoian et al, 2014

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