Skin fibrosis is an often-painful condition wherein the skin thickens and hardens, making it difficult to move. And with no effective treatments currently available, patients are left with few avenues ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, February 18, 2025 – A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues in the ...

A new study says consuming olive oil could increase the number of 'fat cell soldiers' in the army, leading to obesity and heart problems. They say olive oil is liquid gold — but too much might be ...

(from left) Katharina Sieckmann, Nora Winnerling, and Prof. Dagmar Wachten are investigating how cellular antennas regulate the development of precursor cells in fat tissue. Too much fat can be ...

A microprotein called adipogenin appears to play a key role in helping fat cells store lipid droplets—a phenomenon that's pivotal for metabolic health, a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

Losing weight can be a lot of work, which makes it all the more frustrating when, little by little, the weight creeps back. Now, a study suggests that fat cells retain a memory or past obesity, which ...

Liposuction and plastic surgery aren’t often mentioned in the same breath as cancer. But they are the inspiration for a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors ...

The smooth functioning of the body’s joints, the flexibility of the ears and nose, and the shaping of bones are all made possible by the skeletal tissue known as cartilage. 1 According to popular ...

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests a reason: Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat ...

Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. When the researchers monitored the metabolic rates of the ...