If you have ditched the diet only to see the weight creep on at an alarming rate, your body may have a high metabolic set point, meaning you will always put on the pounds faster than others. Serial di ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

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Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the ...

In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that Z526, a novel dithiocarbamate-like compound, mitigates cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) both in vitro and in vivo.

Z526- a novel dithiocarbamate-like compound reverses cancer associated cachexia via mitigating NF-B signaling and oxidative ...

Akero Therapeutics (AKRO) reported 96-week data in its trial of advanced MASH patients, and there seem really significant ...

HCR-188, a clinic-ready antibody, entering first-in-human clinical studies with top-line data anticipated in the second half ...

Fat metabolism is a fascinating process and essential for human survival. It involves the digestion, absorption, transportation and utilization of lipids as a source of energy or as an energy reserve.

“There were some fat cells that stained, which were the true adipocytes,” said Plikus, a developmental biologist at the University of California, Irvine. “Then there was another group of fat cells ...