Biology Of Fat: Process That Affects Metabolic Syndrome Identified

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 13:40 in Biology & Nature

A new study has discovered that microRNAs (miRNAs), small RNA molecules that play important roles in regulation in many types of tissue, play a major role in the distribution and determination of fat cells and whole body metabolism. The study also finds that microRNAs influence the development of lipodystrophy (abnormal fat accumulation) which affects many people with HIV receiving anti-retroviral therapy.  read more

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