The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

Cold weather triggers brown fat to burn energy, thanks to a newly discovered protein switch. This natural calorie-burning ...

White rice and brown rice may look similar, but they are quite different in nutrition and how your body uses them. Here's a ...

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientists found that activating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) ...

In a breakthrough for incretin medicines, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Innovent’s ...

A study by the University of Barcelona has identified, for the first time, a molecule that represses the activity of brown adipose tissue. The paper opens new paths to understand why and how the ...

Adipose tissue is an important regulator of metabolism and energy homeostasis in the human body. It is usually classified into two distinct categories: white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose ...

In this study, we employed snRNA-seq to test five representative depots including inguinal, epididymal, mesenteric, perirenal, and pericardial adipose tissues in mice under physiological conditions.

PVAT in the resistance arteries that regulate the pressure and flow of blood is characterized as white adipose tissue or WAT. In patients with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, it’s common to ...

Brown and white adipose tissue Due to the significant impact on the control of metabolism through the secretion of hormones and cytokines, it has earned the position of an endocrine organ.

Scientists have uncovered a natural metabolite that converts white fat cells (“bad” fat) into brown fat (“good” fat) cells, which could potentially help treat obesity and diabetes.