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Title: Study of Obese Mice Finds Exercise Helps Prevent Liver Cancer
Post by: Hep Editors on August 04, 2020, 11:15:47 am
Mice engineered to become obese and develop type 2 diabetes did not develop liver cancer when provided access to an exercise wheel in a recent study, whereas most of their counterparts with no wheel did develop the malignancy.

The mice in the experiments closely resembled humans with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a major driver of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer, among humans. In its more severe form, fatty liver disease can progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/study-obese-mice-finds-exercise-helps-prevent-liver-cancer