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Biology
Genes help inhibit white fat formation
The latest study by Austrian scientists found that a gene called Hedgehog could exert its effect on inhibiting the formation of white fat in animals.
Medicine - Health
You may not know: The human body contains fat that helps us lose weight
Fat accumulation causes obesity called white fat, but the second form of fat (brown fat) can be used to treat obesity.
Medicine - Health
Detecting the mechanism of
Scientists at Australia's Monash University have looked at the process of white fat transfer - which is a place of energy storage - to brown fat used to burn energy and…
Medicine - Health
Fish oil can turn bad fat into good fat
Contains a lot of vitamins and Omega-3 fatty acids, fish are thought to be a food that protects heart and brain health, but in a study conducted by Japanese scientists,…
Medicine - Health
Discover a new type of fat in humans
Dana-Farber Institute of Medicine scientists (USA) have found that in brown body fat brown and white fat also has another type of light pinkish brown (often called beige…
Medicine - Health
Find out the molecular relationship with obesity and insulin resistance
US scientists say disabling a new molecule discovered in white fat cells has allowed mice to eat foods high in calories without being obese or suffering from inflammatio…