How the fats we eat shape our ability to fight disease
Medical Xpress
March 4, 2026
The types of fats we consume directly impacts the survival and strength of the body's immune cells and ability to fight disease, researchers have found. A University of Queensland team led an international collaboration that found diet could change the fat composition inside T cells—the immune cells that help protect a person from infections and cancer. The research is published in Nature.
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Originally published on Medical Xpress on 3/4/2026