A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism where the removal of the mitochondrial protein MCJ in mice leads to increased heat ...

"Our results in humans and mice suggest that the reduction of MCJ observed in patients with obesity appears to act as a ...

It’s not a hormone, vitamin, or miracle drug; it’s a special type of fat tissue. Most of us wage war against unwanted body fat. However, researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School have found ...

The American Cancer Society's estimates for soft tissue sarcomas in the United States for 2025 are: About 13,520 new soft tissue sarcomas will be diagnosed (7,600 in males and 5920 in females). About ...

Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China; Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China; ...

and physical and biochemical stimuli are identified as key mechanisms through which obesity influences cancer development. Chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue, marked by increased ...

This mechanism protects against obesity and related metabolic ... There are two types of fatty or adipose tissue: white and brown. White adipose tissue mostly stores energy, while brown fat (its cells ...

Newly reported research in human tissue and in mice has uncovered a mechanism by which brown fat (brown adipose tissue; BAT) is converted into heat, and identified a control protein that may ...

This mechanism protects against obesity and ... More information: Beatriz Cicuéndez et al, Modulation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis by MCJ/DnaJC15, Nature Communications (2025).

The mechanism now identified is controlled ... There are two types of fatty or adipose tissue: white and brown. White adipose tissue mostly stores energy, while brown fat (its cells have more ...