Ben-Gurion U. researchers identify how stressed fat tissue malfunctions
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 12:49
in Health & Medicine
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, July 14, 2009 -- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leipzig, Germany, have identified a signaling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot that is most strongly tied to obesity-related morbidity.