Knowing how brown fat cells develop may help fight obesity

Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Brown fat cells are the professional heat-producing cells of the body. Because of this they are protective against obesity as well as diabetes. A protein switch called early B cell factor-2 determines which developmental path fat precursor cells take -- the brown vs. white cell trajectory.

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