Scientists have identified a gene that may play a key role in how the body distributes fat during obesity. We are talking about the Gpc3 gene, which regulates the formation of fat cells in different ...

Human metabolism is regulated by internal clocks, the so-called circadian rhythms. Many processes, such as sugar uptake, fat ...

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 ...

1 Sports Orthopedic Research Center–Copenhagen (SORC-C), Arthroscopic Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark Objective To ...

Physician-scientist and acclaimed adipose tissue biologist to advise on first-in-class, oral MS 001 for obesity.

TNBCs rely on fatty acid oxidization (FAO) to fuel tumor growth by breaking down surrounding adipose tissue through lipolysis. Gap junctions, particularly involving GJB3 and connexin 31 (Cx31), ...

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This article examines how exercise-induced exerkines prevent disease, as well as promote metabolic, cardiovascular, immune, ...