Cancer-fighting fats? Oleic acid strengthens antitumor cellular immunity, study suggests

Hong Kong researchers say certain dietary fatty acids may “supercharge” the human immune system’s ability to fight cancer. They discovered that olei…
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Cancer-fighting fats? Oleic acid strengthens antitumor cellular immunity, study suggests

Hong Kong researchers say certain dietary fatty acids may “supercharge” the human immune system…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanOliveOil #OliveOil #cancer #Mediterranean #nuts #oleicacid #Olive #palmoil #PalmiticAcid
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Data from human and mouse studies indicate that a high-fat diet increases the abundance of *Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron* (BT) in the gut. BT synthesizes palmitic acid in the gut, and palmitic acid promotes blood coagulation, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-gut-microbiota-palmitic-acid-links.html

Original paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(25)00333-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666379125003337%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

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