Scientists create energy-burning brown fat in mice
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
Harvard 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 might open a novel approach to treating obesity and diabetes.read more