Researchers Identify Hormone Behind Obesity-Induced Pancreatic Cancer Yale scientists identified a hormone that initiates the development and progression of pancreatic cancer in obesity. And it’s not insulin.

Hormone behind obesity-induced #pancreaticcancer discovered: “We discovered the pancreas inappropriately produces the hormone #cholecystokinin in response to obesity and was a key driver of obesity-associated pancreatic cancer in mice.”-@muzumdarlab.bsky.social
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#Research by Caitlin R. Ritchey et al. finds that characterization of NTS-to-VTA projection neurons reveals higher-order #synaptic organization and distinct responsiveness to #cholecystokinin 🧠 💉

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