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The radio programme Te doy mi palabra broadcasted by Onda Cero has referred to a study by ICREA researcher Salvador Aznar Benitah. Published in Nature in December 2016, the research revealed that consuming certain fats stimulates metastasis. Aznar Benitah’s team reached this conclusion after examining the effect of dietary fatty acid intake in mice.

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