In a recent study published in Nature, a team of scientists examined how adipose tissue, specifically fat cells, retains transcriptional changes even after significant weight loss, potentially leading ...

This approach uses mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient’s own fat tissue to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The stem cells are supposed to assist in repair of damaged tissue and ...

Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss (WL) causes in human adipose tissue (AT) by analyzing hundreds of thousands of cells from morbidly obese ...

Over the past few years, a new class of medications has transformed the treatment of obesity. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro work primarily by reducing appetite, helping people eat less and ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, February 18, 2025 – A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues in the ...

Scientists reveal a hidden “wiring system” in brown fat that could help turn your body into a calorie-burning furnace.

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A team of scientists has identified an unexpected embryonic "starting point" for several brown-fat depots: a small cell niche around the dorsal aorta. Using a combination of time-controlled genetic ...