Scientists create energy-burning brown fat in mice

[mercurial]

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that they can engineer mouse and human cells to produce brown fat, a natural energy-burning type of fat that counteracts obesity. If such a strategy can be developed for use in people, the scientists say, it could open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.

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[Phronesis]

Adults have a little brown fat close to their their clavicula .

 

[Devill]

But I like my white fat

 

[smokey]

Dude - that'll be like... um... that Steven King movie where the guy keeps losing weight until he shrivels up and dies. Right...?

 

[Devill]

Dude - that'll be like... um... that Steven King movie where the guy keeps losing weight until he shrivels up and dies. Right...?

YEah and thus the zombie is born! We will need to eat people to stay alive!

Shotgun I get to eat all the pretty ladies