A high-fat diet can permanently alter the intestinal stem cells of mice. Even after the animals are given healthy food again, traces of it remain in their cells. During a new period of high-fat food, those cells react even more strongly than the first time. The intestinal wall constantly renews itself. This happens thanks to a small group of stem cells at the bottom of the […]
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