Discovery of new fat cell subtypes in the human body could advance personalized obesity treatment
A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat ...
Scientists Uncover an Unlikely New Weapon Against Cancer: Fat Cells
Our body fat may turn out to be a secret weapon in our everlasting fight against cancer. A new study released this week suggests that fat cells can be engineered into a treatment that literally ...
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The Discovery of a Fat-Filled Cell Reveals Why Noses Are Springy
View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. More than a decade ago, while studying fat cells in the mouse ear skin, Maksim Plikus and his colleagues observed a puzzling pattern in dye ...
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Fat cell memories: Why it's so hard to lose weight (without the yo-yo effect)
Research suggests a fat cell's "memory" of past obesity changes how it responds to food, and that may explain why keeping weight off is so difficult. Keeping weight off can be hard. Oftentimes it ...