Scientists at UC San Francisco have pioneered a groundbreaking approach to fighting cancer using engineered fat cells. By ...

Our body fat may turn out to be a secret weapon in our everlasting fight against cancer. A new study released this week ...

the team used single-cell RNA sequencing on neck tissue collected from 15 healthy volunteers. They uncovered eight subpopulations of fat cells, including one beige variety that may similarly operate ...

While submental fat (aka neck fat or double chin ... a technology that uses targeted cold therapy to freeze and kill fat cells, which, in many cases, can result in permanent fat reduction in ...

Liposuction and plastic surgery aren't often mentioned in the same breath as cancer. But they are the inspiration for a new ...

Fat cells have an unmistakable function in the body ... durable and is used for building weight-bearing joints in your neck, back, and—yes, you got it—the ribs, one of the traditional sources ...

Recent advances in single-cell and single-nucleus transcriptomics have provided new insights into the complexity of fat ...

But classic cartilage cells, called chondrocytes, are smaller than fat cells and lack a lipid depot. They churn out molecules that combine into a stiff latticework called the extracellular matrix ...