Friday, August 3, 2012

Mechanism provides beneficial characteristics of energy-burning brown fat to white fat

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a mechanism that can give energy-storing white fat some of the beneficial characteristics of energy-burning brown fat. The findings, based on studies of mice and of human fat tissue, could lead to new strategies for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.

URL: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20120803/Mechanism-provides-beneficial-characteristics-of-energy-burning-brown-fat-to-white-fat.aspx

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