Tag: Atul Butte

  • Health

    ‘Brown fat’ cells hold clues for possible obesity treatments

    In laboratory studies of mouse cells, the research team identified genes that govern how precursor cells give rise to mature brown fat cells. There are two main types of fat cells in the body- white, designed to store energy for use in times of need, and brown, which burn energy and generate heat, leading scientists…

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