Molecular Pilot Light Prepares Body's Heating System for the Cold
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:22
in Health & Medicine
Researchers detail a molecule that acts as a molecular pilot light required to turn on the brown fat furnace. Brown fat burns sugar and fat to produce radiant heat in the body. These cells are of interest because some of the sugar and fat they burn is stored in the body and might otherwise lead to increases in white fat, the form that increases in obesity.