News tagged with adipose tissue cells

Cellular automaton model predicts how hair follicle stem cells regenerate

Your hair -- or lack of hair -- is the result of a lifelong tug-of-war between activators that wake up, and inhibitors that calm, stem cells in every hair follicle on your body, according to Cheng-Ming Chuong, M.D., Ph.D., ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Molecule discovered that makes obese people develop diabetes

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists create energy-burning brown fat in mice

(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Stem cells from fat tissue offer hope for MS treatment

A preliminary study on the use of stem cells obtained from a patient's own adipose tissue in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown promising results. The three case studies, described in BioMed Central's open ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fat-free diet reduces liver fat in fat-free mice

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered crucial clues about a paradoxical disease in which patients with no body fat develop many of the health complications usually found in obese people.

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created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Control of blood vessels a possible weapon against obesity

Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0