Cancer and the microbiome 癌症和微生物组 A punch in the gut 肠道里的元凶 How microbes promote liver cancer in theoverweight 微生物如何诱发胖人的肝癌 OBESITY brings problemsnotably heart disease, diabetes and cancer. 肥胖产生了问题―尤其是心脏病、糖尿病和癌症。 It is not hard to understand its connection with heart disease and diabetes: excess fatclogs arteries and messes around with the metabolism. 肥胖与心脏病、肥胖与糖尿病的联系不难理解:多余脂肪堵塞血管,使新陈代谢紊乱。 Its link with cancer is less intuitive. 但是肥胖与癌症的联系凭直觉就不能理解了。 Shin Yoshimoto of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, in Tokyo, and his colleaguessuspect this is at least partly because researchers have been looking for that link in thewrong place. 位于东京的日本癌症研究基金会的Shin Yoshimoto以及他的同事怀疑,这主要是因为研究人员的研究角度错误。 Most work in the field is focused on the cells of the human body. 此领域的多数工作只是集中在人身细胞的研究。 |