Posted Yesterday Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have discovered a key biological reason why obesity increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, and it boils down to size — specifically the size of fat cells. Fat – illustrative photo. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) The study, published in...
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Scientists discover new clues about fat cell formation
In new research published in Nature, researchers say they’ve captured a detailed snapshot of how the body’s fat cells form. MATURE HUMAN FAT CELLS ON THE LEFT, MOUSE FAT ON THE RIGHT. THE NEWLY DISCOVERED CELLS THAT CAN SUPPRESS MATURE FAT CELL FORMATION ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY ARROWS. (BART DEPLANCKE / EPFL) In models of type 2 diabetes, the body sometimes...