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3D images of fat cells reveal potential targets to fight against obesity

Stunning three-dimensional images of fat cells, the first of their kind, are the latest tactic in the ongoing fight against the global obesity epidemic.

10 Jan 2018

Researchers pinpoint mechanism for conversion of white fat into brown fat

An international team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet have, in experiments on mice, pinpointed a mechanism for the conversion of energy-storing white fat into energy-expending brown fat.

5 Jan 2018

HSS researchers win grant to determine if stem cell therapy can improve outcomes for rotator cuff tears

A multidisciplinary team led by Scott Rodeo, MD, and Christopher Mendias, PhD, at Hospital for Special Surgery has been awarded the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Grant in Cellular Therapy in honor of James Urbaniak, MD in Collaboration with National Stem Cell Foundation.

5 Jan 2018

Hormone therapy combination may improve metabolism without increasing risk of reproductive cancer

Treating ovariectomized mice with a combination of conjugated estrogens and the drug bazedoxifene triggers the expression of genes that improve metabolism and prevent weight gain - without stimulating the uterus and increasing risks of reproductive cancer, a new study suggests.

22 Dec 2017

LSUHealthNO breakthrough may pave way for advances in obesity-related diseases

For the first time, researchers led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans, have successfully kept white fat tissue alive outside of the body for up to eight weeks.

11 Dec 2017

Study elucidates how lymphocytes regulate immune response after heart attacks

The damage caused by a heart attack triggers an inflammatory reaction which degrades the affected tissue. This response is orchestrated by immune cells that reside in the nearby pericardial adipose tissue, as a study by a team of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet) in Munich shows.

30 Nov 2017

Adipocytes may reduce effectiveness of chemotherapeutic drug

Adipocytes, or fat cells, can absorb and metabolize the chemotherapeutic agent daunorubicin, reducing the effectiveness of the drug and potentially contributing to poorer treatment outcomes.

8 Nov 2017

Studies identify key characteristics that may allow some obese people to have 'healthier' fat tissue

One little understood paradox in the study of obesity is that overweight people who break down fat at a high rate are less healthy than peers who store their fat more effectively.

1 Nov 2017

Study demonstrates beneficial effects of calorie-restricted diet in mice

Caloric restriction diets have been associated with various health benefits, but their effects on the skin have not been previously demonstrated. Research conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that controlling calories helps mice live longer, although it reduces the reserves of fat in adipose tissue needed to keep the body warm.

30 Oct 2017

Adopting healthy diet can help reverse risk of high triglycerides, despite genetic predisposition

Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are important for good health. But having high triglycerides might increase a person's risk of heart disease, and may be a sign of metabolic syndrome--a combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and too much fat accumulation at the waist.

25 Oct 2017

Adipose-derived stem cell clinical trial focuses on non-healing leg wounds

Sanford Health is launching its second adipose-derived stem cell clinical trial - this one to focus on non-healing leg wounds.

20 Oct 2017

Scientists identify protein as potential therapeutic target to fight against obesity

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III have identified a protein that holds promise as a target for therapies to reduce obesity.

11 Oct 2017

New gel patch could speed up healing and minimize formation of scars

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new gel patch prototype that could speed up the healing of a skin wound while minimizing the formation of scars. The team unveiled the patch today as a proof-of-concept.

25 Sep 2017

Researchers identify exosomes as missing link to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism by which this occurs has remained cloaked, until now.

21 Sep 2017

Neurohistology: how whole slide scanning impacts workflow

MultiBrain technology can accelerate the R&D preclinical and safety assessment processes many fold and perform them less expensively.

From Huron Technologies 21 Sep 2017

A skin patch to get rid of those love handles

Researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and the University of North Carolina have managed to devise a microneedle skin patch that could locally treat both obesity and diabetes. As of now it has been used to treat mice in the laboratory and shown promising results.

17 Sep 2017

Adipose News and Research

3D images of fat cells reveal potential targets to fight against obesity

Researchers pinpoint mechanism for conversion of white fat into brown fat

HSS researchers win grant to determine if stem cell therapy can improve outcomes for rotator cuff tears

Hormone therapy combination may improve metabolism without increasing risk of reproductive cancer

LSUHealthNO breakthrough may pave way for advances in obesity-related diseases

Study elucidates how lymphocytes regulate immune response after heart attacks

Adipocytes may reduce effectiveness of chemotherapeutic drug

Studies identify key characteristics that may allow some obese people to have 'healthier' fat tissue

Study demonstrates beneficial effects of calorie-restricted diet in mice

Adopting healthy diet can help reverse risk of high triglycerides, despite genetic predisposition

Adipose-derived stem cell clinical trial focuses on non-healing leg wounds

Scientists identify protein as potential therapeutic target to fight against obesity

New gel patch could speed up healing and minimize formation of scars

Researchers identify exosomes as missing link to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

Neurohistology: how whole slide scanning impacts workflow

A skin patch to get rid of those love handles

NIH awards $15 million to develop 3D microphysiological system platforms that model human disease

Abdominal weight found to be key predictor of cancer risk in postmenopausal women

Regulatory T-cells can support fat depots in dealing with environmental challenges

Fat may influence cancer development in diverse ways

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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