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Biologists identify a cellular pathway that allows colorectal cancer to metastasize


MIT biologists found that a high-fat diet drives colon cancer cells to switch on YAP1, a regenerative program required for the cancer to spread to the liver. Drugs blocking ceramide production could help prevent metastasis.

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